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The Adivasi (also transliterated ... the word ‘scheduled tribe’ has a fixed meaning, ... India does not exclusively recognise Adivasis a.k.a. Tribes a.k.a ...
Ambedkar preferred the term Dalit over Gandhi's term Harijan, meaning "people of Hari" (lit. ' Man of God '). [5] Similarly, the Scheduled Tribes are often referred to as Adivasi (earliest inhabitants), Vanvasi (inhabitants of forest) and Vanyajati (people of forest).
Following is a list of notable Adivasi people organised by profession, field, or focus. Academics. Lako Bodra, Warang Kshiti script creator, writer and activist;
“Eventually, if the case does get registered, the victims and witnesses are vulnerable to intimidation, violence, and social and economic boycott. Further, many perpetrators of caste-based atrocities get away scot free due to shoddy investigations and the negligence of prosecuting advocates,” rued the bench.
The Jarawas are recognised as an Adivasi group in India. Along with other indigenous Andamanese peoples , they have inhabited the islands for several thousand years. The Andaman Islands have been known to outsiders since antiquity ; however, until quite recent times they were infrequently visited, and such contacts were predominantly sporadic ...
Tribals in Kerala (known in Malayalam as the Adivasi) are the tribal population found in the Indian state of Kerala. Most of the tribals of Kerala live in the forests and mountains of Western Ghats, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Tribals in Kerala are officially designated as "Scheduled Tribes" for affirmative action purposes. [1]
Compared to other Adivasi, the Muria are relatively prosperous. [7] Their economic stratification has traditionally been homogeneous, with exceptional consumption outside of designated periods, such as feasts, viewed as "socially threatening, hubristic, and disruptive"; conspicuous wealth has been considered to cause more problems than it ...
Adivaani aims to document and disseminate knowledge systems, tangible and intangible cultural facets of Adivasis in English and bi-lingual, creating a database of the authentic Adivasi voice, as recounted by them, using diverse multimedia channels, which can be accessible to indigenous people themselves.