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Poverty and livelihood problems among the scheduled tribes in Kerala-A Study on Attappady
The word 'tribe' is generally used for a socially cohesive unit, associated with a territory, the member of which regards them as politically autonomous. Often a tribe possesses a distinct dialect and distinct cultural traits. Tribe can be defined as a “collection of families bearing a com...
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Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development
2015
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005438.pdf |
| Summary: | The word 'tribe' is generally used for a socially cohesive unit, associated with a territory, the member of which
regards them as politically autonomous. Often a tribe possesses a distinct dialect and distinct cultural traits. Tribe
can be defined as a “collection of families bearing a common name, speaking a common dialect, occupying or
professing to occupy a common territory and is not usually endogamous though originally it might have been
so”. According to R.N. Mukherjee, a tribe is that human group, whose members have common interest, territory,
language, social law and economic occupation. Scheduled Tribes in India are generally considered to be
‘Adivasis,’ meaning indigenous people or original inhabitants of the country. The tribes have been confined to
low status and are often physically and socially isolated instead of being absorbed in the mainstream Hindu
population. Psychologically, the Scheduled Tribes often experience passive indifference that may take the form
of exclusion from educational opportunities, social participation, and access to their own land. All tribal
communities are not alike. They are the products of different historical and social conditions. They belong to
different racial stocks and religious backgrounds and speak different dialects. Discrimination against women,
occupational differentiation, and emphasis on status and hierarchical social ordering that characterize the
predominant mainstream culture are generally absent among the tribal groups. Although Scheduled Tribes are a
minority, they constitute about 8.2 % of the total population in India, or 85 million people in absolute number
.The tribal population is an integral part of India’s social fabric and has the second largest concentration after
that of the African continent. |
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| Physical Description: | Vol.14, |