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According to Edward Tuite Dalton, "Oraon" is an exonym assigned by neighbouring Munda people, meaning "to roam".They call themselves Kurukh. [15] According to Sten Konow, Uraon will mean man as in the Dravidian Kurukh language, the word Urapai, Urapo and Urang means Man.
Oron people own up to the fact that the Ibeno, who dwell among the Ekids share similar ancestral history with them. [12] The Oron people recognises the Efik people, Obolo people, Ibeno and Ekid people as part of their ancestral family but many controversy states that the relationship of Oron with Ekid is said to have gone sour when the Eket ...
By 1200, the Oron people, consisting of six ethnic tribal groups, had settled on the mouth of the Cross River basin, and had become a society ruled by tribal chiefs.. The Oron Nation elevated its first king to power in the late 1200s, when a legendary hunter from the Oron Nation known as Ahta aya-Arah went out on a safari and failed to return.
Scheduled Tribes (also known as "tribals" or "adibasi/adivasi") are specific indigenous peoples whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by national legislation. Scheduled tribes of the Indian state of West Bengal, as recognized by the Constitution of the Indian Republic ; a total of 40 distinct tribes.
Kurukh (/ ˈ k ʊr ʊ x / or / ˈ k ʊr ʊ k /; [4] Devanagari: कुँड़ुख़, Kurukh pronunciation:), also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw, [5] is a North Dravidian language spoken by the Kurukh (Oraon) and Kisan people of East India.
Oraon people [clarification needed] of Bhutan and Nepal speak Kurukh, also Kurux, Oraon or Uranw, as their native language. Kurumbar: South Dravidian N/A Kurumbar are found in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Malayalis: South Dravidian 45 million [39] [37]
Jatra Bhagat (1888–1916) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter and social reformist. He was the founder of Tana Bhagat Movement among the Oraon tribe. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6]Tana Bhagat alias Jatra Oraon was born in September 1888 at Chingari Navatoli village in Gumla district of Jharkhand.
[15] [53] [54] On the other hand, Dhangad (cultivators), also known as Oraon, Dhanka and Dom, are listed as Scheduled Tribes in the states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa. In Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal Dhangad or Dom is listed as Scheduled Caste whereas Oraon as Scheduled Tribe. [55] [56]