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Issues in Andaman Nicobar Islands

A group of around 13 Shompens received medication for pocks and itches at the Primary Health Centre, Campbell Bay. According to reports, the tribes approached the health centre with the symptoms after consuming certain wild fruits. Doctors of the Health Centre examined them and administered necessary medicines after which... Read more

How disasters affect indigenous people

“If the Mega Andaman Sumatra Earthquake on 26.12.2004 lasting for 8 – 10 minutes, and the ensuing monster tsunami – counting atleast eight waves that lashed the Nicobar Islands were unprecedented, the aid money that poured into the isolated islands was worse in terms of socio political impact” says Prince Rashid Yusuf of Nancowrie... Read more

Joint statement of the Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples' Issues on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous PeoplesThe Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Peoples' Issues (IASG), consisting of over 40 United Nations system entities and other international organizations, uses the occasion of the World Day of Indigenous Peoples, to congratulate indigenous peoples and institutions all over the world on the

INDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? – Part 1Tucked away in a dense and ecologically diverse tiger reserve in Southern India, tribes-people and wildlife defenders are locked in a battle of indigenous peoples’ rights versus wildlife rights. Earlier this year the Soligas – a tribe hailing from the Billigiri Ranga Temple Hills tiger reserve (BRT) – won the rights to their ancestral land, …

INDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? – Part 2As the amount of protected forest dwindles rapidly in India, indigenous groups and wildlife find themselves living cheek to jowl in an increasingly contested space. The Billigiri Ranga Temple Hills tiger reserve (BRT) in the South Indian state of Karnataka has become the site at which impoverished tribes like the Soligas and endangered species such …

Who are the Sentinelese in Andaman island?It is believed that the Sentinelese have inhabited the North Sentinel Island for nearly 60,000 years. Their population could range anywhere between 40 and 500.

American tourist John Chau killed by Sentinelese tribe - Here's his Andaman and Nicobar islands connectionThe Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also home to the Jarawa tribe, who, as per activists, are threatened by contact from outsiders.

American killed on Andaman island home to uncontacted people, body yet to be recoveredAn American man was killed on an island inhabited by a tribe known to resist outside contact in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. And, his body still lies there. The North Sentinel Island is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous tribe that is furiously rejects outside contact.

American goes into protected Sentinelese territory in Andaman, allegedly killed by tribeAn American national John Allen Chau, was allegedly killed by Sentinelese tribals on Andaman islands. The Sentinelese tribe, which is protected under the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation Act, 1956, are known to be the world’s last ‘uncontacted’ people – a vulnerable and numbered tribe which has a history of resisting contact with the outside world.

American killed by Sentinelese tribe on restricted Andaman islandThe Sentinelese people who live in the small forested island are known to resist all contact with outsiders.

भारत में मौत के टापू पर अमेरिकी की हत्या, यहां बसती है सबसे खतरनाक जनजातिछह दिन पहले इन्होंने टापू पर आए अमेरिकी नागरिक की तीरों से मार हत्या कर दी थी। इससे एक बार फिर भारत का ये टापू, पूरी दुनिया में चर्चा में है। पहले भी ये कई लोगों को मार चुके हैं।

Tribe kills US tourist on remote Indian island barred to outsidersPolice say victim was illegally ferried by fishermen to North Sentinel Island