India is home to one of the world’s largest and most diverse indigenous populations, with more than 700 officially recognised Scheduled Tribes spread across its forests, hills, plains and islands.

Members of the Black Mouth Society, a traditional group on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation line up at an event marking the opening of the MHA Nation Interpretive Center, a cultural center and ...

Northeast India, the region of India that lies mostly east of Bangladesh and west of Myanmar, is distinct among the areas of India. For a start, it is connected to the rest of India by the narrowest ...

The breeze from Indus, a Shiva mantra at Kailas, a trek in Chushul and a chadar walk on frozen Zanskar. All this put together describes Tarun Vijay. He is a former BJP member of Rajya Sabha. The blog ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Indian government has directed states not to grant rights to indigenous people and forest dwellers living in tiger reserves, a move that could hurt vulnerable ...

A tribal rights body has opposed a government move in India’s strife-torn Manipur state to review the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status enjoyed by Kuki-Zo tribal communities. The controversial move will ...

RANCHI, India (Reuters) - Hundreds of tribal people beat drums, fired crackers and distributed sweets in eastern India Thursday to celebrate Barack Obama's victory as the first black U.S.