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Tip | Opportunities to appreciate India’s tribal cultural heritage from different angles: Visit one of India’s many museum collections

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Please note: India has far more museums and archives with “tribal collections” than can be shown here. Smaller collections are rarely advertised in tourist brochures or on the internet yet accessible by appointment (e.g. anthropology departments and research institutions). Collections and documentations of musical instruments are also found in the premises of the Sangeet Natak Akademi (New Delhi), exhibitions at some of the Zonal Cultural Centres (Government of India), and in … Read more

Tip | Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI): Spreading the awareness and volunteer for various projects that aim at conservation

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EFI is now involved in the setting up of Biodiversity parks in schools where revival of life across the taxonomy is underway. From flora to fauna these parks will house rare herbs, insects, birds and reptiles living in harmony and be the best resource for learning and conservation at the school. If you are willing … Read more

Follow a guided tour of this website

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HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT India’s indigenous communities are commonly known as Adivasi (“original inhabitants”), a term introduced in the early 20th century and subject to debate ever since: official reports and documents refer to them as “Scheduled tribes” (ST), for instance the Indian Constitution and other legal documents that list “Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups” (PVTG). Some of the nomadic … Read more

“The tribal world and the tribal way is complete in itself”: Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)

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Quoted from “Swearing by Mahasweta” by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, The Hindu, August 7, 2016 | Backup (PDF, 450 KB) >> Ms. Devi had cast off the trappings of the middle class she was born into and chose to live simply, often roaming the country with her subjects as she did research. In more than 100 novels and short … Read more

Video & more | Explore resources for the classroom and tribal Museums: The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

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To view the original animated resource (3 min.) and listen to school children reflecting on the Indian Removal Act of 1830, click here >> If you were told that you had to leave your home and go live somewhere far away, how would you react? Thousands of American Indians who originally lived east of the … Read more