Sri Lanka's Veddas or Wanniyalaeto

Struggle for Survival

  • Who are the 'Veddas'?
  • Their Vulnerability
  • Wanniya-laeto identity
  • East Coastal Veddas
  • The 1992 ILO study
  • Post-Independence Struggle
  • Mahaweli Development Scheme
  • Non-violent Resistance
  • Veddas and Human Rights
  • Wanniyalaeto Sanctuary
  • The Wannietto Trust
  • Cultural Survival Plan
  • Details of the CS Plan
  • Plan's Advantages & Benefits
  • Cultural Survival partners

    Resources: maps, etc.

  • Traditional Vedda settlements in Sri Lanka
  • Mahaweli Vedda resettlement areas
  • Vedda hamlets in Maduru Oya National Park
  • ILO Convention 169
  • Living Heritage Network
  • Related sites
  • Contact Us
  • The Sunday Times of 18 Nov 2007: "Row over where the Veddah roams"
  • 20 Aug 2007: Wanniyalaeto to stop offering honey to Temple of the Tooth
    Vedda Chief Tissahamy
    Dambana Wanniya-laeto Chief Tissahamy (d. 1998)
     
    "Colonial Histories and Vädda Primitivism"
    by Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere
      • Introduction
    • A Genealogy of Vädda Primitivism
    • Vädda Heterogenity & Historic Complexity
    • Spread and Dispersal of Vädda Lineages
    • Väddas and the Resistance (1817-18)
    • Hunting vs Agriculture, Structure & History
    • Conclusion