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

Audio, eBook & Video | “A good storyteller brings hope, hilarity, comfort, inspiration and peace”: Indigenous ways of connecting through books, digital communities and games – Canada, Australia & New Zealand

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“We faced pandemics before. […] A good storyteller brings hope, hilarity, comfort, inspiration and peace.” – Dene writer, Richard Van Camp on the Joy of Storytellin , CBC Radio Unreserved,  26 February 2021 It has been almost one year since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic. Its effects are still being determined, but one thing … Read more

How women farmers of the Adi community contribute to sustenance-based farming – Arunachal Pradesh

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Source: “In Arunachal Pradesh, the Adi community is trying to reviving the traditional anyat millet” by Sanskrita Bharadwaj, Scroll.in, 26 December 2023Address: https://scroll.in/article/1060885/in-arunachal-pradesh-the-adi-community-is-trying-to-reviving-the-traditional-anyat-milletDate Visited: 3 March 2025 The Adi are justly proud of their history. The Himalayan hill tribe’s reputation as fierce warriors, and the inhospitable terrain in which they live, have ensured the survival … Read more

“Indigenous people are at the forefront of the struggle to save the planet”: Defending the guardians of nature

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On a very small scale compared to the widely promoted homogenising mega-schools, [alternative schools] respect diversity and are sensitive to the socio-cultural and political context of the children. […] The National Education Policy of 2020 is silent on the crucial question of integrating Adivasi knowledge. It appears to encourage multilingual education but calls for ‘philanthropic’ … Read more

Video | Ainu cultural revival: Maintaining a “critically endangered” language in an ocean of diversity – Japan

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by Sarah W | Read her full blog here >> If you were to ask people to describe “Japan” or “the Japanese” in one word, there’s a pretty good chance that you’d hear one word over and over again: “homogeneous.” The Japanese have long prided themselves on the homogeneity of their nation, and it sure is easy … Read more

The world’s largest and strongest spiderweb: Long used by tribal people and “set to become a major product” – Western Ghats

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Source: golden orb web spider (nephila spp.): info fact sheets, photosAddress: http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/nephila.htmDate Visited: Mon Apr 25 2016 19:06:39 GMT+0200 (CEST) Giant wood spider (Nephila pilipes), note the tiny male dwarfed by the massive female Trip:       ThattekadCamp:   Periyar River LodgeDates:   14-16 Nov ‘14 Source: November | 2014 | Wilderness NotesAddress: https://badrikrishnan.com/2014/11/Date Visited: 5 December 2021 Source: … Read more