The book sheds light on the worldwide movement of indigenous people in India. It discusses the origin of indigeneity, the applicability of the indigenous identity in the international context, the growing awareness of the indigenous citizens about their rights and the UNO Declarations and ILO initiatives to incorporate the indigenous voices into the global affairs. It focuses on the process of the decolonization of research methodology and paves the way for an indigenous research methodology. The book thoroughly discusses the indigenous literary initiatives, their struggle against exclusion and rejection and their aspirations. The chapters present the institutionalization of indigeneity in India through various means since the inception of colonial rule. It analyses the institutionalized indigeneity either by being inclusive or eliminative through the creation of a tribal state like Jharkhand, indigenous subsistence economic patterns like shifting cultivation and its recent legislation, indigenous film making, literature, education systems, research institutions and funding in its various chapters. The volume focuses on documenting the process of institutionalizing indigeneity in the Indian context with references taken from all the corners of the indigenous peoples' world. It is a valuable resource for policymakers, law practitioners, development analysts, historians, social science scholars, environmentalists, political scientists, sociologists, and administrators. It is also helpful for those who are researching on tribes and indigenous peoples.

Offers insights into the worldwide indigenous movement in India Deals with the issue of institutionalization of indigeneity in India Examines UNO Declarations and ILO initiatives to incorporate indigenous voices into global affairs

Autorentext

Debasree De is an Assistant Professor, Department of History, Maharaja Sris Chandra College, Kolkata, West Bengal. She completed her MA, MPhil and PhD from Jadavpur University and has worked as the RUSA Post-Doctoral Fellow as well. Her publications include A History of Adivasi Women in Post-Independence Eastern India - 1947-2010 (Sage, 2018), Gandhi and Adivasi (Routledge and Manohar, 2022), Human Rights, Tribal Movements and Violence (Routledge and Manohar, 2023). She has publications in Economic & Political Weekly, South Asia Research (Sage), Community Development Journal (Oxford), Man in India, and so on. She has conducted research projects funded by University Grants Commission, Indian Council of Social Science Research and Indian Council of Historical Research, Land Acquisition and Tribal Development in Neoliberal Eastern India (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024), Dissecting the Dilemma of Development – A History of Tribal Movements in Twenty-first Century South India (Manohar, 2025).

Inhalt

Introduction Institutionalising Indigeneity.- Vernacular Economy Matters Subsistence and Capitalism.- Politicisation of Indigeneity Being and Beyond Indigenous.- Indigenising the Academia Education, Institutions, Curriculum, Language and Scripts.- Indigeneity and Culture Religion, Festivals, Art and Craft.- Reflecting Indigeneity in Mainstream Media Print, Audio-Visual and Digital.- Indigenous Activism Global and Local.- Indigeneity and Essentialism Preservation, Research and Methodology.- Conclusion Indigeneity Revisited.