Indigenous Communities

Adivasis and the Indian State: Overcoming financial constraints, facing social hostility — what 'education' means for four tribal students

Four adivasi students narrate their personal journeys during their pursuit of education, and their interactions with non-adivasi communities.

NRC in Assam: Call for Inner Line Permit grows in North East as local groups launch drives to keep 'migrants' out

A day after the publication of NRC final draft, NGOs in states neighbouring Assam launched drives to check illegal migration to their state. In Meghalaya, non-tribal travellers were harassed at infiltration check posts, in Manipur groups attacked non-local vendors

Indigenous communities practice effective forest conservation, but remain excluded from policy

Indigenous peoples perhaps have been the best guardians of the Earth's natural resources, but they are increasingly being deprived of land

Google integrates indigenous territories of Brazil into its Maps service

Google Maps and Earth now represent Brazilian indigenous territory labels and borders in a way that reflects the landscapes known to the local communities.