Tribes and the Indian Society : An Impact of Tribal Development

Contents: Preface. 1. Indian tribal sovereignty. 2. National tribal priorities for Indian education. 3. Tribal alliances: ways, means and ends to successful strategy. 4. Intellectual and cultural Property Rights of indigenous and tribal peoples. 5. Racial ethic and tribal philanthropy. 6. Bilingualism and intergroup relationship in tribal and non-tribal contact situation. 7. Tribes and tribal: origin, use and future of the concept. 8. Tribal development: imperatives and compulsions. 9. Education and social equity with a special focus on scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. 10. Issues of social justice: scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes. 11. Invisible tribes: urban Indians and their health in a changing world. Bibliography. Index.

The tribal societies have experienced religious and other cultural inclusion in to the so-called universal or dominant culture and consequently faced the problem of identity crisis. Exclusion from infrastructure and health and education etc has led them to a situation where they find it difficult to cope with the outside world at present day situation. The paper tries to find out what were the means and aims of tribal exclusion and inclusion and the consequences of the same with some instances.