Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Free access to 10 books, 18 reference articles and 31 historical documents! All about the history and culture of the Nocte tribe!
1. Worcester's Primer in Nocte language (1840)
Mrs. Bronson translated Worcester's Primer in Nocte language. She printed "Natahema Herang Kabanva Nyaprang", which means the first book for children's learning in 1840.
2. Diary of Miles Bronson on Noctes (1840)
American Baptist missionary, Miles Bronson lived with the Noctes for one year from 1839 to 1840, thereby establishing the first American-Nocte Relation. Read his personal diary on the Noctes.
3. Diary of Mrs. Bronson on Noctes (1840)
Read the personal diary of Mrs. Bronson on the Noctes, who accompanied her husband, Miles Bronson, during his stay with the tribe from 1839 to 1840.
4. Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal (1849)
From page 323 to 349 of Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol. XVIII (Part I) covers the grammar of the Hawa language of the Nocte tribe.
The article was written by William Robinson in April 1849, and the same was printed by J. Thomas of the Baptist Mission Press. The content of the article was collected from Namsang.
5. The Noctes (1978)
A book written by Parul Dutta in 1978 contains all the minute details of the society, the politics, the religion etc. of the Nocte tribe. As of 2020, no author has written on the tribe with such sincerity and dedication.
6. Gazetteer of Tirap District (1980)
Read the Gazetteer of Tirap district published in 1980 by R.N. Bagchi, Director of Information and Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Shillong.
7. Nocte Love Songs (1987)
A 40 page book dedicated for the love songs in Nocte language. It was written by Shri Tapan Kumar M. Baruah, the then District Research Officer of Tirap district. It was published by Dr. P.C. Dutta, the then Director of Research, Arunachal Pradesh in 1987.
8. The Noctes in Brief (2006)
A book of March 2006 published by Former MP Wangpha Lowang covers all the minute details of the culture and society of the Noctes and the other tribes of Tirap district. There is an article written by the same author "My Story" which contains his personal and political journeys.
9. Old Friends' Parade (2015)
Authored by Asst. Prof. Gankhu Sumnyan, Old Friends' Parade is a collection of 29 poems written over a period of seven years. The poems are personal in nature, providing condensed observations from a so-far personal life, and have been arranged based on what they talk of.
Published on: 2015
Publisher: Writers' Workshop India
Purchase Hard-copy: https://writersworkshopindia.com/books/poetry/redbird/old-friends-parade
Copyright:
The book has been made available in the PDF version with the permission of the author. All rights for any format of the book, including PDF, remain solely with the author. No part of the work may be used without the permission of the author.
10. Grammatical Description of Hawa Nocte (2016)
Thesis prepared by Shri Syed Iftiqar Rahman on Verbal Agreement and Grammatical Description of Hawa Nocte. Hawa is the majority dialect spoken by the Nocte tribe, and there are three more dialects.
Rahman, the author or researcher of this thesis, have completed M.A. (Linguistics) from Gauhati University in 2011. This is his preliminary work on the thesis and he did it from Payap University, Thailand. His work was approved on November 3, 2016.