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Jenu Kuruba Tribe

May 12 , 2025 17 hrs 0 min 68 0

The Jenu Kuruba community had been evicted four decades ago in a bid to boost wildlife protection and tiger conservation in Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, Karnataka.
Recently they have returned to their former homes.
This is the first time Indigenous people in India have asserted their rights in this way.
It is recognized by the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.
An estimated of the 20,000 Jenu Kuruba people have been illegally evicted from Nagarhole.
Another 6,000 resisted, and have managed to stay in the park.