"Sheduled Tribes are categories of communities who are the indigenous people of India. There are about such 645 tribal communities in India comprising of 12% of the total population. In north east India there are about 145 tribal groups of which 78 are large and the rest small comprising 22.81% of north easts's population. But these huge components of population constitute the marginal section of India's population. They are the weakest sections of India's population from social, economic as well as educational angles and constitute the matrix of India's poverty. Despite tremendous growth of India's economy in recent times this section remains underdeveloped. This collection of seventeen papers thus analyses the problems that the scheduled tribes of this part of the country face as one of the least developed areas.

The contributors also deliberate to generate debates to the questions of development vis-a vis scheduled tribes of north east India as they analyze the government programmes policies, tribal movements, ecology and development, gender, tribal culture language and ethnicity, education and employment."
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Contents

Preface

Contributors

Inaugural Address

1. Ethnohistory in Northeast India : In Search of a Framework / Dr. Sarah Hilaly

2. Money Supply in Tribal areas for Development / Prof. Tanmay Bhattacharjee

3. Customary Laws and Tribal Development in the Northeast / Dr. Walter Farnandez

4. The Post 9/11 Anti-Terrorism Discourse in India and its Implications for Counter-Insurgency in the Northeastern States / Dr. Joseph Maram

5. Hmar People's Convention (HPC) Movement (1986-1994) : A Critical Observation / Paul Chonzik

6. Immigration, Land Alienation and Tribal Assertion / Dr. Luke Daimary

7. Ecology, Nagas and Development / Dr. S. V. Babu

8. The Origin of the Chakmass and their Settlement in Mizoram / Dr. T. Lalsangliana

9. Anglo-Naga Relation and Subsequent Problem Between Manipur, Chachar and the British India from 1832-1856 / Dr. Anthony Kaba

10. Dynamics of Ethnicity : State, Development and Identities in N.E. India with special reference to the Zeliangrong Nagas / Tasongwi Newmai

11. Promoting Traditional Cultural Practices for Tribal Development in the North-East / Kh. Kabi

12. Searching for a Common Nomenclature : A Study of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo People of Indo-Myanmar Border / Dr. T. T. Haokip

13. Educational Development and employment scenario of the scheduled tribe Population of Barak valley with special reference to Barmans / Dr. Pranay Jyoti Goswami

14. Impact of Schooling and Communication on Scheduled Tribes of Assam / Dr. (Ms.) Geetika Bagchi

15. Christianity and the Socio-educational Transformation in the Hmar Society / Prof. N. B. Biswas and Shri Chandan Suklabaidya

16. Is reproductive and Child Health Programme Addressing the needs of Adolescent Girls Health? A Study in Manipur / Ms. M. Tineshwori Devi

17. Gender in Relation to Tribal Culture with special Reference to the Nagas in Manipur / Dr. (Ms.) Gina Shangkham