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India’s first Chief Minister from a tribe with many members living in China: The Kaman Mishmi community – Arunachal Pradesh

Posted on 17/12/2016 by website administrator

Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times, Guwahati  21 February 2016 Kalikho Pul, the eighth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, has a few firsts. He is the first Congress CM in India to be installed with support from arch rivals BJP, and the first … Continue reading →

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Video | “Art is at the heart of every society”: An Indian student’s journey across tribal art in North East India

Posted on 24/02/2016 by website administrator

Created by Camille Rolin Edited with the help of TRISNA FILMS : www.trisnafilms.com http://www.trisnafilms.com/journey-ac… Published on Jun 7, 2014 Journey across tribal art in North East India is a visual anthropology documentary project based on the study on clothing, arts … Continue reading →

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Tip | Online resource: “Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival” by Christoph Fürer-Haimendorf

Posted on 23/05/2015 by website administrator

Read or download the entire work here (pdf) >> von Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph. Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. This book tells of observations among Indian tribal populations spanning the period from 1940 to … Continue reading →

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