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    • Speech communities deserve dignity and respect – UNESCO lecture
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      • Address misconceptions on tribal culture in the classroom
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      • Children’s educational video channel – Gudalur
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      • Ekalavya the archer prodigy
      • Health and nutrition
      • Learning from each other and telling stories
      • Nature and wildlife
      • Photos and slideshows
      • Success stories
      • Video | Tribal education must be rooted in the people’s own land, language and culture
    • A View of Higher Education in India by Prof. Ganesh Devy
    • Language in education and linguistic heritage
    • Multi-lingual education
    • Resources for the classroom: Learning from and about India’s tribal communities, their culture and knowledge systems
    • Tribal Children’s Right to Education in India: Proclamations on child rights
    • We have to write our own stories
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    • + Regions of India: Tribal culture and related issues
      • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
      • Bastar
      • Central region – Central Zonal Council
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      • Gadchiroli
      • Narmada
      • Northern region – Northern Zonal Council
      • Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council
      • Southern region – Southern Zonal Council
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      • Western region –  Western Zonal Council
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    • Rural poverty
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    • 1. An alphabetical journey across India: from Andaman to West Bengal
    • 2. Northeastern India: the “Seven Sister States” & Sikkim
    • 3. Visit a museum in India: Indigenous art, anthropological & ethnographical collections
    • 4. A virtual journey across time and space: from Gondi-Harappan to present & future
    • 5. Locations for video documentaries & external media contents
    • 6. Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (Govt. data) & Endangered languages (PLSI data)
    • 7. Places associated with press reports and blogs about India’s tribal cultural heritage
    • 8. A virtual journey across India: from Ladakh to Gujarat
    • Link | Government map: States & Union Territories of India
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    • Museum collections – general
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    • + Audio – resources on the foundation website
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      • Audio | Santali Traditional and Fusion Songs: Ghosaldanga Bishnubati Adibasi Trust – West Bengal
    • + ePub & free downloads
      • Asian Ethnology: Special issue on tribal culture in India
      • Unicef comic books: Free resources
      • Denotified Tribes, Nomadic & Semi-Nomadic Tribes: Recommendations
      • Folio (The Hindu): Special issue on Adivasi culture
      • eBook | The Food Book of four communities in the Nilgiri mountains: Gudalur Valley – Tamil Nadu
      • Folklore and Folkloristics: Special issue on Capacity Building for Tribal students in Tripura
      • Health: Recommendations by the Expert Committee
      • eJournal | Irish Journal of Anthropology: Special issue on Adivasi identity
      • Johar multidisciplinary eJournal
      • PARI Rural people speak about their lives: photos, narratives, film & audio
    • + Photos and slideshows – resources on the foundation website
      • Halakki people (Uttara Kannada) – Karnataka
      • Kuruma community of Wayanad: A living heritage – Kerala
      • Madia community – introduction
      • Modern education in Kakrana (Narmada) – Madhya Pradesh
      • Museum of Santal Culture (Bishnubati) – West Bengal
      • Photoworkshop “Through Children’s Eyes” – Tamil Nadu
      • Pottery workshop (Ashadullapur) – West Bengal
      • Views of Santal villages near Santiniketan: Visiting the Museum of Santal Culture – West Bengal
      • Santal Musical Traditions – National Museum
      • There you go! – Survival’s cartoon book
      • Through Children’s Eyes (Nilgiris) – Tamil Nadu
      • + Video – external resources
        • Video “Biodiversity” | Inherited knowledge and its value for modern healthcare & using resources in a sustainable manner – M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
        • Video | Documentary made and edited by Adivasi students in Gudalur – Tamil Nadu
        • Video | Historian Romila Thapar: “The past is very delicate”
        • TEDxGurugram | Kalyan Akkipeddi on ProtoVillages to eliminate poverty
        • Video | Mallika Sarabhai on storytelling for a cause
        • Video | Scientist MS Swaminathan on learning from Adivasi customs
        • Video | UN Human Rights Council’s Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
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    • + Video – resources on the foundation website
      • Video | Khasi musical heritage of Meghalaya
      • Video | Kota dance
      • Video | Madia customs
      • Video | Through the Eye of the Ancestors
      • Video | World of Warli by Tamarind Tree – Maharashtra
      • Video | South Gujarat tribal music documentation (2): Ghangali played for Kansari katha (story telling)
      • Video | Suggi Habba celebration by the Halakki people – Karnataka
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    • ! Report human trafficking: Childline (national helpline) & Shakti Vahini
    • A guided tour – Archive.org
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        • What are the Rights of Scheduled Tribes? – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
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        • “Who are Scheduled Tribes?” – National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
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Map | A virtual journey across time and space

Posted on 14/02/2021 by website administrator

Whatever our own cultural background, there are amazing discoveries to be made, for India’s youth just as for scholars and visitors from all over the world! Learn more about – and from – some of India’s tribal communities by clicking on the button … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Archaeology, Central region – Central Zonal Council, Colonial policies, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Fashion and design, Gandhian social movement, History, Homes and utensils, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Nilgiri, Northern region – Northern Zonal Council, Press snippets, Quotes, Regions of India, Sacred grove, Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Tips, Tourism, Trees, Western region –  Western Zonal Council, Worship and rituals | Tagged Banjara, Garo, Gond, Jaintia, Khasi, Kurumbar, Naga, Oraon, Rabari, Romany, Santal, Toda | Comments Off on Map | A virtual journey across time and space
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