International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 6 4 2017 04 14 Origin of the Lotha Naga and their early settlement 43 48 EN Ukwatta Wijayantha 1 Department of Sociology, Wuhan University, China TOZUN Mustafa 1 Department of Public Health, Izmir Kātip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey BABAOĞLU Asya Banu 2 Department of Public Health, Izmir Kātip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey SÖZMEN Melih Kaan 3 Department of Public Health, Izmir Kātip Celebi University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey Dikshit Garima 1 Department of Economics, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India Sharma Seema 2 Department of Economics, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India Gbenemene Kpae 1 Centre for Conflict and Gender Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Eric Adishi 2 Department of Intelligence and Security Studies, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, Nigeria Gebremariam Fesseha Mulu 1 Department of Governance and Development Studies, College of Law and Governance, Jimma University, Ethiopia Sudharsan R. 1 PG & Research Dept. of History, Govt. Arts College (Autonomous) Coimbatore, Tamilnadu-18, India Pazhani T. 2 PG & Research Dept. of History, Govt. Arts College (Autonomous) Coimbatore, Tamilnadu-18, India Sangma Mhonyani 1 Department of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachi Bowli-500046, Hyderabad, Telangana, India > Review Paper 2017 2 28 2017 04 14 The study is an attempt to reconstruct the past history of the Lotha Naga through their folk narrative. Lotha occupy the Wokha district in the state of Nagaland. They show variance in terms of cultural practices and even in their appearance from the mainland people. So the question of how these people are displaced in their present homeland indubitably arises. Who are these people? Where have they come from? Or to put it simply their ‘Origin’. Although there is no written documentation of their history, a part of these questions gets answered when the culture is looked at from the perspective of folklore which has been handed down orally. The Lotha deem that at one point of time there was written record inscribed on the skin of an animal. Unfortunately, a dog ate it and ever since it has been handed down orally. Copyright@ International Science Community Association