Tribal culture worldwide

“I think the important thing is to realise in this discussion that we are holistic people and so every time we do something as indigenous people, we are considering everything, everything around us, and I think we should do the same throughout the world.” – Linda Young, artist and Traditional Knowledge Keeper for the Saskatchewan Public School Division in Canada, interviewed by Veronica Yates, Director of Child Rights International Network CRIN, in “The Power of Healing” (15 January 2020)
https://home.crin.org/readlistenwatch/stories/2020/5/6/the-power-of-healing
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=52680

Ancestral land of Soliga tribe restored: “Government realizes that tribal peoples are the best conservationists” – Karnataka

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Survival on 2 November 2011 (the organization working for tribal peoples’ rights worldwide) Indian tribe secures unprecedented rights to tiger reserve In a landmark victory, a tribe in India has for the first time had their right to use their ancestral land recognized – even though it is inside a tiger reserve. In 1974 members of the Soliga … Read more

Indigenous people “responsible for the survival of the forest ecosystem in the world”: Minister’s inaugurational speech during Mysore’s celebration of tribal culture – Karnataka

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R. Krishna Kumar, The Hindu, MYSURU, February 11, 2016 A one-day tribal festival celebrating their culture and traditions was held in the city on Wednesday. Organised by the Department of Kannada and Culture, the festival was inaugurated by District in-charge Minister V. Srinivas Prasad. He described the tribals and adivasis as the indigenous people of … Read more

Tip | Learn more about bees and honey: “What if bees did not exist?”

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The role of bees in any economy is well understood, and the disappearance of indigenous bee populations is alarming to scientists all over the world: Bees are some of nature’s most fascinating creatures, they are also incredibly important. Their intimate dependency relationship with plants makes bees a crucial component of successful ecosystems the world over. … Read more

International collaboration by Indian ethnologists from Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and other States

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Ajeet Tiwari, Friday, 24 August 2012, dailypioneer.com Ranchi Global intelligentsia will savour the taste of Indian tribal literature, culture, rituals and the tribal way of life in digital form at the ethnographic museum of University of Zurich, Switzerland. Ganesh Murmu, a JRF scholar and Ethnologist, Tribal and Regional Language Department, Ranchi University has been invited by the … Read more