The Chepang People of Nepal: Displacement and the Fight for Dignity

The Chepang people of Nepal, numbering over 84,000, are among the country’s most marginalized Indigenous groups—deeply connected to the forests that sustain their lives and
Enactment of the Indigenous Languages Act (Gurung and Magar Indigenous Languages) as Official Languages in the Gandaki Province, Nepal

On July 8, 2025, the Gandaki Provincial Assembly made history by unanimously passing Bill 2082, officially recognizing Gurung and Magar Indigenous Nationalities’ languages as the