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Tattooed tribal woman with child at their home village in Naxalite-controlled territory, south Bastar region.
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Tribal girls at their home village in Naxalite-controlled territory, south Bastar region.
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Village head man, south Bastar region.
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Government-built facility destroyed by the Naxalites, south Bastar region.
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Village boys grill rats they’ve just caught, south Bastar region.
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Tribal women constructing a road at Dornapal camp. With more than 17,000 people, it’s the largest of 22 official government camps in the Bastar region.
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Tribal family waits as relative prepares lunch time meal, Dornapal camp.
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Girl stares from atop trash pile flanked by tin and mud shanties, Dornapal camp.
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Muria tribal women, Dantewada market.
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Both animal and owner are bloodied after a post-cockfight dispute, Dantewada market.
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Published January 2, 2008

The Bastar region is home to a number of indigenous tribes, many of which continue to live in nature as they have for centuries. Since the start of Salwa Judum thousands have been forcibly relocated to government-run camps.

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