As the prized Kapdaganda shawl celebrates its second anniversary of Geographical Indication (GI) status, Dongria Kondh artisans face rising market pressure and calls for uniformity. Recognition has brought visibility, but also new threats to tradition, finds out Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

This Dhurua tribal is using organic farming and folk songs to preserve indigenous rice and train thousands of other farmers. His journey is rooted in the belief that seeds, soil and songs can together secure the future. Niroj Ranjan Misra finds out more about the man on a [...]

An Olympics gold medallist, a constitutionalist and a fierce tribal voice, he lived many lives in one. On his birth anniversary (January 3), The Indian Tribal sheds some light on his highly accomplished life’s journey

Underscoring the importance of tribal identity, education and cultural pride while addressing the Antarrajyiy Jansanskritik Samagam Samaroh – Kartik Jatra in Gumla, Jharkhand, she called on citizens and institutions alike to ensure the heroic stories of tribal icons are carried forward to future generations. The Indian Tribal reports

Ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to Jamshedpur at the centenary celebrations of Ol Chiki, Santali writers and experts lament the delay by Jharkhand and Odisha — ironically, both helmed by Santali Chief Ministers — in introducing comprehensively the tribal language at the primary school level. Animesh Bisoee [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s editorial in a national daily “to understand how Hornbill mirrors the Northeast’s changing story”. The Indian Tribal reports

The President attended a public function at Senapati in trouble-torn Manipur, and laid foundation stones and inaugurated various developmental projects on the occasion. The Indian Tribal reports

A lower court in Dumka had earlier awarded the death sentence to two Maoists—Sukhlal alias Praveer Murmu and Sanatan Baskey alias Tala Da—for murdering the former SP. The Indian Tribal reports

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment expressed its dissatisfaction with the Ministry on the work related to two of the Modi Government’s flagship schemes for tribals. The Indian Tribal reports

The apex court’s recent ruling on Saranda reshapes the balance between conservation, mining, and tribal livelihoods in one of India’s richest forest landscapes. Animesh Bisoee unpacks what the order means for ecology, industry, and local communities