Tribal and Indigenous People of India : Problems and Prospects

Contents: I. Introduction: 1. The indigenous and tribal peoples to-day : issues in conceptualisation/Jagannath Dash and R.N. Pati. 2. Indigenous and tribal peoples—global hegemonies and Government of India/B.K. Roy Burman. 3. ILO convention : indigenous and tribal peoples—an analysis/N.K. Behura. II. Tribes of Orissa: 4. Tribes of Orissa and their population/Jagannath Dash and Suresh Chandra Pradhan. 5. Tribal languages of Orissa/K. Mohapatra. 6. Status of tribal communities of Orissa/N.K. Behura. III. Problems of indigenous people: 7. Classification and enumeration of scheduled tribes in Orissa/L.K. Mahapatra. 8. Atrocities against SC and ST : some remedies and ramifications/Raghunath Patnaik. 9. Problems and welfare of Orissa tribes/L.K. Mahapatra. 10. Profile of bonded labour system in India with special reference to a primitive tribal community of Orissa/R.P. Mohanty. 11. Undone Ujias and their tribal identity/Jagannath Das. 12. Some aspects of household characteristics of backward communities in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh/G.D. Pandey. IV. Food and nutrition: 13. Food and nutrition situation in 10 tribal dominated villages of Lamtaput Block, Koraput district, Orissa/R.N. Pati. 14. Knowledge and practice of nutritious food during pregnancy and lactation : a case study of Andhra Pradesh/T. Lakshmamma. V. Problems of health: 15. The concept and treatment of diseases among the Dongria Kondhs of Orissa/Jagannath Dash and Suresh Chandra Pradhan. 16. Indigenous interventions for induced abortions/K.K. Sayi Prasad. 17. Economic factor in health care of Hill Korwas of Madhya Pradesh/D.K. Mishra. 18. Maternal and child health care programme in India : need of community participation/S.K. Sahu. 19. Socio-psychological aspects of fertility : current status of research/S.D. Kapoor. 20. Socio-cultural and demographic correlates of maternal morbidity/A. Reddamma, P.J. Reddy and D. Usha Rani. 21. Community participation in the primary health care : the Indian perspective/R.S. Goyal. VI. Problems of education: 22. Problems in tribal education with special reference to Orissa/N.K. Behura. 23. Education and culture of indigenous people of Chhotanagpur (Bihar plateau)/D. Ekka. 24. Socio-psycho dynamics in the education of indigenous people/G.C. Pal. VII. Forest and environment: 25. Impact of forest policies on the indigenous peoples : a case study of Hill Kharias in Similipal Hills, Orissa (India)/Jagannath Dash. 26. Customary right in land and forest and the state/L.K. Mahapatra. 27. Entitlement for food and social security and environment management/L.K. Mahapatra. VIII. Change and development: 28. Impact of industrialization in socio-cultural frontiers : a case of Oraons/Nilakantha Panigrahi and Prakash Ch. Parida. 29. Tribes of Orissa and their development/B. Chaudhury. 30. The Saora view of “Good life”, “Happy life” and development/G. Mohapatra. 31. A Kondh view of good life and development/Gopinath Mohanty. Index.

“This book contains research articles of various eminent anthropologists and social scientists of India on development prospects and issues of tribal and indigenous people. Some of the main issues addressed in this book are unequal access to and inadequate educational opportunities, persistent and increasing burden of poverty, inequalities in access to health. The convention of the International Labour Organisation on indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries entered into force in 1991. This convention emphasizes that indigenous and tribal people shall enjoy the full measure of human rights and fundamental freedom. The book critically examines various indigenous issues in context of ILO convention No. 169. This book provides deep insight to various dimensions of issues relating to development of indigenous and tribal people of India.”