Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major genetic disorder among the tribal population. Hence the objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of the sickle cell gene in some selected tribal population of the Ghatanji and Kelapur taluka of Yavatmal District (Central India). A total of 1078 tribal individuals were screened for SCD from 17 tribal villages constituting 3...

The Herbal Vendors are the mobile tribal medicineman seen selling crude medicinal plants and their products on the busy streets of many Indian cities. They give herbal treatment for many human ailments and diseases especially the more difficult and chronic ones. They claim to have herbal remedies for some gynaecological disorders in women such as Menorrhagia, leucorrhoea and also to restore fer...

Anthropometry is the single most portable, systemized technique, universally applicable, inexpensive, and noninvasive method available to assess the proportions, size, and composition of the human body. Maximum oxygen uptake (VO max) is internationally accepted parameter to evaluate the cardiorespiratory fitness. But determination of VO max is restricted within well equipped laboratory because ...

BACKGROUND High undernutrition is a grave concern in India. Marginalized populations like Indian tribes have been under the serious stress of such nutritional extreme. Women, in particular, are the worst sufferers. Gender-related comprehensive studies regarding the prevalence and risks of undernutrition among the tribes have not been properly pursued in India; the vulnerability of the young fem...

Racial and ethnic minority communities, including American Indian and Alaska Natives, have been disproportionately impacted by environmental pollution and contamination. This includes siting and location of point sources of pollution, legacies of contamination of drinking and recreational water, and mining, military and agricultural impacts. As a result, both quantity and quality of culturally ...

This paper offers an overview of the legal development of tribal gambling operations in California. First this paper explains the general contours of tribal sovereignty, then it discusses the development of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the present of the legal basis of tribal gaming. Finally, this paper discusses the options the State may have to enforce any type of gaming regulations on t...

Literature has always served as an important source that widely reflects the social changes at all levels. Contemporary literature like novels are no exception to this phenomenon. This paper seeks explore progress and experienced by marginalised sections of society such deva dasis, widows. destitute women, transgenders tribal people with reference selected novels. An attempt been made unfurl ho...

BACKGROUND Three decades ago, casino gaming on sovereign American Indian lands was legalized with differential economic and social implications. While casinos have improved the incomes of tribal communities, there have been both positive and negative findings in relation to health impacts. We sought to understand the perceived pathways by which casinos impact individual and community health thr...

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...

An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out in Pedabayalu Mandalam, Alluri Sitaramaraju District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The information collected on the basis of personal interviews with traditional healers, tribal doctors and old women society. investigation revealed that 69 plant species belonging to 40 families 60 genera were commonly used treatment 37 ailments.