Tribes
Livelihood vulnerability and Health outcomes: An Intersectional Analysis among Gond Tribes of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
By: KARAN MOHAN THAKUR – Marginalized tribal communities live in remote locations, away from mainstream communities, and are deprived of development due to separation. A study on the Gond tribes of Madhya Pradesh, India, investigates how livelihood vulnerabilities affect the health outcomes of Indigenous people in Barkhera village. Livelihood vulnerabilities like economic instability, poverty, lack…
Challenges and Strategies of Ethnomedicinal Practices in Tribal India
By: PRIYANKA – The ethno-medical practices of tribal India represent a rich heritage of healing and cultural knowledge. To ensure that these practices are preserved and revitalized, the challenges they face must be addressed. We can preserve and strengthen the invaluable contributions of tribal ethno-medicine to health and well-being by documenting traditional knowledge, providing education…
Anthropometric Characteristics and Body Composition measures among the Santal tribal population of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India
By: SAMIYA HANSDAH, SUBHALAXMI BARAL, SAUNA MAJHI, RANJANA RANI SINGH, RAJESWAR MAHARANA, MONALI GOSWAMI – The detrimental effects of malnutrition on health, development, and economic productivity are widely recognized. Accurate identification is crucial to understand the severity and address the issue. Tribal health has long been a focus for researchers and scholars. The current study…
Tribal rights in the forest from a subaltern perspective: an ethnographic study in West Bengal
By: SUBHANDU PATRA, SUDIP BHUI – The indigenous peoples of India, commonly referred to as tribes or Adivasis, have always lived in hilly, forested areas in various parts of the country, most of which are inaccessible. These tribes have been exploited, subjugated and marginalized from their forest rights, which were once part of their customary…
Small-Scale Tea Economy and Arsla Organic Tea Cooperative A Grassroots Initiative of Khasi Tribes of Meghalaya, North-East India
By: ABDUL HANNAN, NITISH MONDAL – This paper is an attempt to explore the Small-Scale Tea Economies in North-East India. Of late, it is seen that most of the tribes in the North-East have engaged into tea cultivation. As per the Tea Board of India (2019), there are 110,422 Small Tea Growers (STGs) spread over…
Role of Mobile technology in assisting decentralization process among Paniya tribes in Wayanad, Kerala
By: A.V. SHIJINA – There has been much discussion amongst academics about the potential of using technology to facilitate greater interaction between the state and its citizens. Associated with the welfare of tribal community government of India has initiated various plans targeted at the uplift of the tribes to the fore front of the society.…
An Ethnographic Note on Khondh, a Primitive Tribe and Valmiki, an Acculturizing Tribe from Andhra Pradesh, India
By: Y.S. KUSUMA, B.V. BABU – The present paper reports the ethnographic profile of a primitive tribe namely Khondh and an acculturizing tribe namely Valmiki living in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, a southern Indian state. Three mandals (administrative units of the district) were selected and a total of 17 villages from these mandals were…