Special issue: Multiple worlds of the Adivasi. An introduction
Indigenous people of India's attitude to the environment explored this relationship between Adivasis and nature in a useful collection in 1992 (Geeti Sen, Indigenous Vision: Peoples of India Attitudes to the Environment, White Lotus Press, New Delhi, 1992).
Understanding the Adivasis: Origins and Importance in Indian …
Sep 1, 2023 · Adivasis, a term rich in historical context, refers to the indigenous people of India. Often considered the original inhabitants, the word itself carries a profound meaning, deriving from the Sanskrit language where ‘Adi’ means ‘from the …
5 - The Invisible Minority: History and the Problem of the Adivasi
Perhaps the most significance was the presence of the many “tribal” (non-Odia-speaking, adivasi) communities, whose members comprised about one-fourth of the population of the proposed Odisha province.
The Adivasis of India – A History of Discrimination, Conflict and ...
Out of the 5,653 distinct communities in India, 635 are considered to be ‘tribes’ or ‘Adivasis’. In comparison, one finds that the estimated number of STs varies from 250 to 593. For practical purposes, the United Nations and multilateral agencies generally consider the …
The ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ and India’s ‘Adivasi’
May 5, 2023 · Without much reflection, Indians have inherited the term ‘adivasi’. At the time of the framing of the Indian constitution, the Constituent Assembly debates witnessed members speaking about communities belonging to ‘scheduled’ categories as opposed to the ‘caste Hindus’ as if it were a relationship between the aborigine and his foreign discoverer.
Adivasi - Wikipedia
Adivasi is the collective term for the tribes of the Indian subcontinent, [3] who are claimed to be the indigenous people of India [18] [19] prior to the Dravidians [20] and Indo-Aryans. It refers to "any of various ethnic groups considered to be the original inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent." [3] However, Tribal and Adivasi have different meanings.. Tribal means a social unit whereas ...
Development-induced dispossession: Adivasi existence in the
May 23, 2024 · The current study attempts to unveil the displacement of the tribal population (Adivasi) of India due to development projects, thereby offering a critical analysis of the social policies.
Adivasis: The World’s Largest Population of Indigenous People
Jul 10, 2017 · According to the 2011 population census Adivasis constitute a total population of 104 million. This constitutes 8.6 percent of the Indian population (Census India 2011), making them the world’s largest population of Indigenous People.
Adivasi Politics and State Responses: Historical Processes and ...
Anthropologists, administrators and policy makers debated the adivasis question in the post-independent India from the perspectives of isolation, assimilation and integration. Amidst discourses, integration approach was followed to address the …
Adivasi studies: From a historian's perspective - Dasgupta - 2018 ...
As a newly emerging field, it engages with archaeology, anthropology, agrarian history, environmental history, subaltern studies, indigenous studies, aboriginal studies, and developmental economics but adds to these debates that are specific to the Indian context.