The Tribal Hidage

The Pashtun Tribal System

We have inherited a somewhat fuzzy usage of the term ‘tribe’ and ‘tribal’ from early British anthropology. ‘Tribe’ was often used in a rather derogatory manner for relatively small ethnic groups who lived as ‘underdeveloped’ (formerly called ‘primitive’ or even ‘savage’) minorities, far from the majorities’ cultural and social mainstream. No wonder that the term ‘tribe’ became obsolete in many ...

Jaundice : Tribal Medicine

Till this date, Modern Medicine has not offered any satisfactory remedy for Jaundice. In contrast, Traditional Medicine and Tribal practices have been rescuing the patients since time immemorial. Presented in this article are some of such remedies rediscovered by the authors in the Dandakaranya area during the Ethno - Botanical Surveys.

Tribal Culture and the Islamic Awakening

Rheumatism: Tribal Medicine

Information on 22 claims of Tribal and other Folk-lore Medicine on Rheumatism, gathered from the aboriginals and villagers of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa States is presented in this article, proposing an indepeth study into these claims on the same lines as those formulated for Ayurvedic research and in accordance with the advice of the author of Dhanwantari Nighantu, vido Slokas ...

The Genetic Structure of a Tribal Population,

The Yanomama Indians are a South American tribe distributed over an irregular area approximately 200 x 330 miles. The gene frequencies observed at 12 loci in 47 villages within this area have bpen analyzed for the occurrence of clines. Apparently significant clines are observed for alleles of the Rh, MNSs, Kidd, Gm, Inv and serum albumin system. Available data concerning recent tribal expansion...