- The Konyak Union, the apex body of the Konyak community, has urged the Nagaland government to correct the “erroneous” boundary line between Mon district in Nagaland and Charaideo district in Assam as depicted on Google Maps.
- Konyak Union emphasized that Nagaland was officially created in 1963, incorporating territories inhabited by Nagas, and there was a historical understanding of ancestral boundaries between the Ahoms of Assam and the Konyak Nagas of Mon district.
- However, the official recognition of these boundaries remains unresolved and is under Supreme Court adjudication.
- The Konyaks are Mongoloid in origin. They are the last head hunters of Nagaland.
- A distinct group of Konyaks are easily recognised by their tattooed faces.
- Before the advent of Christianity in Nagaland, the Konyaks were believers of “Animism” worshipping different objects of nature.
- The Konyak society is patriarchal and is dominated by male chauvinism.
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