Indigenous People's Struggles For Self

In the last two decades the issues of the indigenous peoples have come to the fore. From late 1980s, there have been consistent and systematic attempts to highlight the situation of the indigenous people.Along with this, there is also the attempt to highlight the various attempts made by the indigenous peoples to resist the discrimination and exploitation they are subjected to and also to assert their right for selfdetermination. This book, gIndigenous People's Struggles for SelfDeterminationh is an attempt to foreground the various initiatives of the indigenous people to determine their life, resources, dignity and rights.

Prakash Louis is an action researcher, writer, facilitator of development organisations, consultant to bilateral and multilateral funding agencies, consultant to regional and national governments on development and governance. His works include, The Political Sociology of Dalit Assertion, Peoples Movement: The Naxalite Movement in Central Bihar, Acts, Schemes and Special Provisions enacted for the Scheduled Castes of India and Rights of Scheduled Tribes of India: Acts, Commissions and Recommendations.