In 1976, a study by the Judicial Services Division ofthe Bureau of Indian Affairs concluded that insufficient information is available on Indian tribal courts, suggesting that they have been largely ignored by historians and political scientists alike. By examining a specific court the Oglala Sioux Tribal Court a fuller understanding ofits vital role in the operation ofthe Pine Ridge Indian Res...

the present article employs sociological, socio-psychological and anthropological theories design a theoretical framework and model with due regard to theoretical viewpoints and experimental resources and proposes hypotheses on the basis of them. the integrative research method includes a survey and historical study. the population includes 404 teachers related to 6 tribal groups: curd, fars, t...

The present study was aimed at assessing attitude of parents towards the education and schooling of their children. The study analyzed the data from 145 parents, who had one or more than one school going children. Out of these, 116 parents belonged to tribal families and 29 families belonged to non-tribal families.The age range of the sample was 25-35 years, and they all belonged to Santoshpur ...

Michael Brown famously asked ‘Who owns native culture?’ This paper revisits that question by analyzing what happens to culture when the culturally defined boundary between it and nature becomes salient in the context of disputes between indigenous and settler populations. My case study is the dispute between the New Zealand government and Maori tribal groupings concerning ownership of the fores...

This article examines the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistani national system. In current global war on terrorism, Pakistan’s FATA became a stronghold from jihadist to terrorist. After 9/11, under international pressure, government worked hard implement its law FATA. During this process, forces push Taliban out of tribal areas through military operations. To guarantee peace,...

BACKGROUND Leprosy or Hansen's disease, a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae is a serious public health concern because of associated case load, morbidity and stigma attached to it. India achieved elimination of leprosy as a public health problem (prevalence rate [PR]<1 case/10,000 population) at the national level on January 1, 2006, still 19% districts in the country re...

this article intends, by examination of historical background, hypotheses, frameworks and the characteristics of globalization and anti globalization theories as well as analyzing the culture and power theories at national and international levels, to consider and evaluate the issue, by representing a brighter perspective of globalization and power on one hand, and different kinds of power and ...

The Ngāi Tahu indigenous Māori community of Aotearoa/New Zealand successfully maintained 150 years legal grievance against the British Crown following signing Treaty Waitangi and colonization. importance women leaders, guiding role elders, long-term commitment to intergenerational health for all tribal members, democratic processes in current context iwi within Aotearoa engagement with system w...