Across the immense boreal forests and barren tundra of northeastern Quebec and Labrador, in a homeland they call Nitassinan, live the Innu, an Algonquian people not to be confused with

The Iraqw are a Cushitic-speaking people of the highlands of north-central Tanzania, centred on the districts of Mbulu and Karatu. Numbering several hundred thousand, they form a remarkable cultural island,

In the hills and forests of northern Tamil Nadu and its borders live the Irula, a forest people of southern India famed throughout the world as the most expert catchers

The Haida built a wealthy, complex civilization from cedar and the sea on Haida Gwaii, survived catastrophic epidemic and cultural suppression, and now lead one of Canada’s most celebrated indigenous cultural revivals.

The Telugu of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, their Dravidian language, ancient kingdoms, Golconda diamonds, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Tollywood, and a global diaspora.

On a long archipelago off the eastern edge of Asia live the Japanese, one of the worlds great peoples, heirs to a civilisation of extraordinary depth, refinement, and distinctiveness. Numbering

Across the fertile plains of northwestern India and Pakistan, from the Punjab to Haryana, Rajasthan, and the UP plains, live the Jats, one of the largest and most influential communities

On the fertile, volcano-studded island of Java live the Javanese, the largest ethnic group of Indonesia and one of the largest peoples on earth. Builders of Borobudur and Prambanan and

In the tropical rainforests of Xishuangbanna, in the far south of Yunnan, live the Jino, known in Chinese as the Jinuo, one of the smallest of China’s peoples and famous

The Jola, or Diola, are a people of the Casamance region of southern Senegal, with communities also in the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Numbering some hundreds of thousands, they are settled