LONGWA, India (AP) — To the people who live there, Longwa is a typical hilltop village. The most imposing structure is a corrugated tin roof belonging to the Angh, a hereditary tribal chief.
But recently, residents have been worried about another, less visible, local landmark: the border between India and Myanmar, which runs right through the village’s center.
National boundaries never mattered before to the local Konyak tribe. “I eat in Myanmar and sleep in India,” says Tonyei Phawang, the Angh, whose house sits on the border.
The Indian government is now seeking to stop border crossings for the first time, revoking a system that made it legal for Indigenous people
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