The Book Presents An In-Depth Study Of Various Measures And Provisions Adopted To Redress The Problems Of The Tribals And For Bringing Them To The National Mainstream. It Provides Extensive Details Of The Ethnographic Features Of The Entire Primitive Tribes With Realistic Description Of Their Pathetic Life.

CHAPTER 1. Aryanization of Tribal Deity-The Jagannath -Dr. H.K. Parija 2. Aryanized Tribal Goddesses in the District of Ganjam -A.K. Rath 3. Changing Pattern of Tribal Religious System in Ancient Orissa -Dr. L.K. Panda 4. Socio-Cultural changes of Tribal Life under the British Rule in Orissa -M.M. Mohapatra 5. Religious Rites and Festivals of the Tribes of Orissa -Dr. N.K. Behura & K.K. Mishra 6. Adivasis of Mayur Bhanj: An Analysis Cultural Growth -Dr. Mohan Lal Sahoo 7 Study of Tribal Cultures in Orissa From Descriptive Data to Experimental Innovations -Dr. F.M. Sahoo 8. Eradication of Meriah or Human Sacri6ce From the Social Life of the Khonds of Orissa in the 19th Century -Dr. Dandapani Behera 9. The Practice of Infanticide Among the Khonds of Orissa -Shri Bhagaban Sahoo 10. A study of the Social And Health condition of "Saura" Tribe in Orissa -Dr. N.P. Mohapatra 11. Changes in Socio-Economic Life of the Tribals in Phulbani District of Orissa -J P. Kuanr & S. Patel 12. Industrialization and Changing Pattern of Socio-Economic Life of Tribals-A Case Study in the Lathikata Region of Sundargarh District -Dr. Basudev Sahoo & Ajay Kumar Mohapatra 13. An Analysis of the Improved Economic Life of the Tribals of Orissa and the Way Towards Integration -Dr. U.C. Mohanty Appendix Index

Contents: Taxonomy, Common Fish of India, General Biology of Fish and Prawn, Food and Feeding, Life History, Seed, Pond Construction and Management, Culture Systems, Nutrition and Feeds, Pathology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture.

A plethora of literature is available and various studies have been undertaken on different aspects of tribal development. But very few on the analysis of tribal problems vis-à-vis programmes/policies for their development has remained more or less unexplored. The present study has attempted to plug this critical gap. In this book the author has delved deeper into the genesis of tribal problems, critically examined the programmes for their development in the past and present and offered some valuable insights for lifting them out of the morass of poverty and stagnation. It has traced successive shifts in tribal development policies and strategies at different points of time. A thumbnail picture has been presented on impact of the programmes on the stakeholders through case studies conducted in a remote district of a poverty ridden state. The results of the field study tend to conceptualise that despite input in terms of money and material and the so called coveted efforts and endeavours of public servants, there is an abysmal mismatch between the objectives and achievement. We are still far away from the point of their conscientisation. The study will be of immense academic and practical worth. The comprehensive analysis and critical review presented in this book on an important aspect of tribal development and finally the policy prescriptions suggested make it imperative reading for economists, anthropologists, planners, policy makers, administrators and members of the academic and research organizations.

Historians have generally focused on the ‘extraordinary’ forms of protest while speaking of the lives of oppressed social groups, but the basic survival strategies of these groups are often overlooked in research. The fact that excluded groups have managed to survive has, hidden right beneath the surface, a whole range of complexities, while also demonstrating their ability to resist dominant social orders. Biswamoy Pati’s posthumous volume on the lives of the tribals and dalits/outcastes in Orissa, from c. 1800 to 1950, shows how such communities were further impoverished by both colonial government policies and the chiefs of the despotic princely states. Colonial knowledge systems, constructions of the ‘criminal tribe’, and agrarian settlements affected tribals and dalits crucially. These marginalized groups were connected with the national movement. However, their inherited problems remained unresolved even after Independence. Examining these and several other issues such as adivasi strategies of resistance, indigenous systems of health and medicine, the colonial ‘medical gaze’, conversion (to Hinduism), the fluidities of caste formation, as well as the development of colonial capitalism and urbanization, the author presents a broader view of their struggle and endurance.

Contents: Primary Health Care in India: Policies, Infrastructure and Problems, Research Methodology, Ethnographic and Health Profile of the Madias, Health and Cultural Profile of Katkaris, Health Care Practices Among the Kolams, Health and Drinking Water Facilities in Tribal Maharashtra, Understanding Tribal Health Care in the Context of Development, Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.

"India harbours multiple ethnic groups who have distinct socio-cultural identities. It is one of the nation-states in the world, which has provided elaborate preferential arrangements for the tribals. The tribal communities in India are at different levels of socio-economic development. In view of the deep-rooted historic reasons, which have caused the backwardness of these communities, the Indian Union as well as states are committed to ensure the implementation of the constitutional provisions for their development. The book, which is based on an empirical study, has extensively reviewed the impact of various legislations and regulations enacted for tribal development in Orissa in the past. Besides presenting an anthropological understanding of tribal development along with a brief account of tribal development programmes being implemented in the country, it also explains the state of vulnerable tribal population in Orissa.In a nutshell, the book discusses issues such as indebtedness, excise policy, land tenure system, role of welfare agencies etc., which are directly concerned with the tribal people."

Chiefly based on primary and secondary data collected from Orissa, India.

Orissa Society of Americas 25th Annual Convention Souvenir for Convention Held in 1994 at Pamona, New Jersey re-published as Golden Jubilee Convention July 4-7, 2019 Atlantic City, New Jersey commemorative edition. Odisha Society of the Americas Golden Jubilee Convention will be held in Atlantic City, New Jersey during July 4-7, 2019. Convention website is http://www.osa2019.org. Odisha Society of the Americas website is http://www.odishasociety.org

Covers a wide range of research articles on various aspects of tribal and indigenous communities of India.