GUDUTA, India (AP) — The ritual began with a thunderous roll of leather drums, its clamor echoing through the entire village. Women dressed in colorful saris broke into an Indigenous folk dance, ...

India boasts over 700 Scheduled Tribes, rich in ancient cultures deeply tied to nature and collective memory. This piece highlights nine prominent communities, including the warrior Bhils known for ...

Since 1989, through special government permissions, about 4,000 Bnei Menashe have been able to make aliyah, but just as many people have spent years, in some cases generations, attempting to move to ...

Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in ...

A tribes woman prays during a sit-in demonstration rally to demand of recognizing Sarna Dharma as a religion in Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Oct. 18, 2022. Credit: AP ...

Caste-based discrimination in India was codified into law in 1871 by the British colonial authorities when they enacted the Criminal Tribes Act branding several nomadic and indigenous communities as ...

The phrase “things will never be the same” is usually said during times of negative change. Those words have been used this week to describe the Lumbee Tribe, and more broadly Robeson County and the ...

The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Governor of Colorado, along with wildlife and natural resource officials.

GUDUTA, India (AP) — Tribal groups have held protests in support of giving Sarna Dharma official religion status ahead of the upcoming national census. GUDUTA, India (AP) — The ritual began with a ...