The Telegraph, Sunday, January 15, 2006 Orissa needs jobs and revenue, but tribal life is being torn asunder as the government tries to turn the mineral-rich eastern state into an industrial powerhouse, reports Debashis Bhattacharyya Where shall I goLeaving this land,For which I am only a trusteeAs a tribal, I am duty boundTo pass it … Read more
Issue 9.1 of Volume 10 of ‘Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Wiriting’ edited by Shirley Chew http://www.movingworlds.net This issue draws from one segment of the paper presented at the international conference. Chotro (meaning ‘coming together’ in the language of the Bhils of central India), which exmained the position of indigenous peoples of the ‘post’ … Read more
Self Determination: A Path to Health and Sustainability for Native Americans By Marshall McKay, Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation For thousands of years, members of our Yocha Dehe Wintun Tribe tended the land, protected plant and animal species, and preserved environmental balance. The land was rich and our early communities thrived. However, by the … Read more
Rakhi Chakrabarty, TNN May 10, 2012 Demand for tribal President grows NEW DELHI: Tribal groups are drumming up support for a Scheduled Tribe candidate as the next president of India, but they are yet to agree on a name. Earlier, former Speaker and NCP leader P A Sangma had pitched for a tribal candidate for … Read more
Watching his father toiling as a labourer, Jaiprakash Singh decided that he must aspire for something much higher. Jaiprakash, who belongs to a tribal community in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, is on his way to achieving his dream; with the 750th rank in the reserved category of IIT-JEE examinations, he is all set to enter the … Read more