Scheduled Tribes

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

Two tragic tiger attacks have aggravated the desire of Gond tribal residents of a small village in Pench Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh to relocate even as they invoke divine intervention. Deepanwita Gita Niyogi learns more about the issue on hand

The President recalled the legacy of Ol Chiki creator Pandit Raghunath Murmu in a speech delivered entirely in Santali language. She also took everyone by surprise as she sang a traditional Santali prayer song. Animesh Bisoee 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 [...]

Traditional village heads and civil society representatives from Scheduled Areas gathered at the Chief Minister’s residence to celebrate the cabinet approval of the PESA Rules. Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the move would strengthen Gram Sabhas and traditional self-governance. The Indian Tribal reports

A high-level interaction, chaired by Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, brought together the tribal parliamentarians to review key welfare programmes with the focus being on faster implementation and last-mile delivery in Adivasi and PVTG-dominated regions.. The Indian Tribal reports

From Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to Jharkhand and Odisha, beneficiary numbers under ST scholarship schemes have fluctuated wildly over the past five years. Government data shows funding alone has not translated into wider student coverage. The Indian Tribal reports

A mission for survival turned into a remarkable agripreneurship journey for a Saora tribal. Today, his scientific methods and community mentorship are reshaping farming practices in his block, and fetching him awards, says Niroj Ranjan Misra