The Andaman Islands are home to four 'Negrito' tribes - the Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa and Sentinelese. The Nicobar Islands are home to two 'Mongoloid' tribes - the Shompen and Nicobarese.
One of the four 'Negrito' tribes of the Andaman Islands have been moved to the Islands' capital, Port Blair, by the local authorities.
In a shocking blow to thousands of Indians, on January 3rd a Supreme Court judge suspended the official demarcation of the Raposa-Serra do Sol Indian territory, just a few days before it was expected to be complete.
The first authoritative reports are now coming in on the fate of the five isolated tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, hit hard by the Asian quake disaster.
Bushmen who were evicted by the government from their homes in the Kalahari are braving exhaustion and starvation to return to their land.
Authorities in India have bowed to local and international pressure and increased the size of the reserve set aside for the recently-contacted Jarawa tribe.
Tribal peoples are appealing to the British government on UN Human Rights Day (December 10) to stop following the USA in opposing their rights.
Six Indigenous people have been on hunger strike at the UN in Geneva in protest at the UK and other governments' blocking of an historic UN declaration on Indigenous rights.