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Tag Archives: Mudugar
“Economic and social development are interrelated”: Make Kerala’s globally acclaimed system truly inclusive for its Scheduled Tribes
K.S. Madhavan on Kerala’s concept of public education | To read the full article in the Times of India, click here >> […] The concept of public education is based on the objective of inclusiveness. What are the consequences of … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Bees and honey, Customs, Democracy, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Elephant, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, History, Modernity, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), Press snippets, Quotes, Rural poverty, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Wayanad, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology, Worship and rituals
Tagged Cholanaikan, Irula, Kadar, Koppalan, Kurichiyan, Kuruman, Kurumba, Malayan, Malayarayar, Marati, Mavilon, Mudugar, Muduvan, Nayadi, Oorali, Paniyar, Pulayar, Ulattan, Urali, Velan
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Scheduled Tribes – Kerala
Tribals in Kerala (known in Malayalam as the Adivasis) are the tribal population found in the Indian state of Kerala. Most of the tribals of Kerala live in the forests and mountains of Western Ghats, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Names and communities, Quotes, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
Tagged Adiyan, Aranda (Arandan), Cholanaickan, Eravallan, Irulan, Irular, Kadar, Kanikar, Kanikkara, Karavazhi Pulayan, Karimpalan, Kattunayakan (Kattunaika, Kattunaicken), Kochuvelan, Konga Malayan, Koraga, Kudiya, Kurichchan (Kurichiyan), Kuruman, Kurumba (Kurumban), Kurumba Pulayan, Mahamalasar, Mala Kuruman, Mala Pulayan (Hill Pulaya, Mala Vettuvan, Malai Arayan (Mala Arayan), Malai Pandaran, Malai Vedan (Mala Vedan), Malakkuravan, Malapanickar, Malasar, Malayan, Malayarayar, Mannan, Mavilan, Melakudi (Kudiya), Moopan, Mudugar, Muduvan, Mullu Kuruman (Mulla Kuruman), Muthuvan, Nattu Malayan, Paliyar, Palleyan, Palliya, Palliyan, Pamba, Paniyan, Pulayan, Ten Kurumban (Jenu Kurumban), Thachenadan (Thachenadan), Ulladan, Ullatan, Uraly, Wayanad
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Welfare programmes and schools functioning under Tribal Welfare Department – Tamil Nadu
Scheduled Tribes of TamilnaduADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT POLICY NOTE 2018 – 2019 INTRODUCTION: As per the census of 2011, the population of Tamil Nadu is 7.21 crore [72,1 million] of which Scheduled Castes (known as Adi Dravidar in Tamil … Continue reading
Posted in Community facilities, eBook eJournal ePaper, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Names and communities, Nilgiri Biosphere, Organizations, Quotes, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Southern region – Southern Zonal Council
Tagged Adiya, Arandan, Eravallan, Irula, Kaani (Kani), Kadar, Kammara, Kanikkar, Kanyan, Kattunayakan (Kattunaika, Kattunaicken), Kochu Velan, Konda Reddi (Kondareddi), Kondakapu, Koraga, Kota, Kudiya, Kurichia, Kuruman, Kurumba, Maha Malasar, Mala Arayan, Malai Pandaram, Malai Vedan, Malaikuruvan, Malasar, Malayakandi, Malayali, Mannan, Melakudi, Mudugar, Muduvan, Muthuvan, Pallayan, Palliyan, Palliyar, Paniya, Sholaga, Toda, Urali
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Tribal participation in efforts to overcome diseases and malnutrition: Tribal activist and medical doctor Dr. Kamalakshi – Kerala
A doctor couple have dedicated their life to the tribal people of Attappady. Till two decades ago, the majority of tribal people in Attappady were reluctant to approach doctors even in cases of emergency, preferring herbal medicines they inherited through … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Childhood, Community facilities, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Media portrayal, Names and communities, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Video resources - external, Women
Tagged Irula, Kurumba, Mudugar
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“Not a lack of knowledge but loss of land”: How forced dependence on distribution system shatters self-sustained communities – Kerala
The tribes in Attappady are classified into three categories; Kurumba, Irula and Muduga. Kurumbas live deep inside the forests in 19 settlements of Pudur. Whereas, most of the Irula and Muduga populations live on revenue lands of Pudur, Agaly and Sholayur. A … Continue reading →