The (Uipo) Khoibu /ˌuɪː pə͜ʊ ˈkʰɔɪ buː/ are a community of Manipur. They speak the Khoibu language and call themselves "Uipo". Neighbouring Tangkhul villagers call them ‘Apo’ . Marings call the "Uipowaa". They were called ‘Upong’ in the Inthee (believed to be so called ‘Ningthee’ in Meiteilon and ‘Chindwin’ in English) basin civilization. Oral Account The oral account of the Khoibu tribe which used to be recited by a Laarung (songleader) gives an account of the origin of the Khoibu, their settlements, clans, names, culture, customs, traditions, etc. It gives a vivid account of our sojourn from place to place up to the present day settlement of Uipo Yawnpui (Khoibu village) bordering the Myanmar border. Bonding of clans throughout the journey is evident in the oral account. Books that mentioned the 'Khoibu' The following are some of the books 1800s which mentioned the existence of the ‘Khoibu’: (1836) Annual Report of the American Tract Society (1837) Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol 6, Part 2 (1838) The Calcutta Christian Observer, Vol 7 (1839) Travel in south-eastern Asia (Howard Malcolm) (1844) Researches into the physical history of mankind (J.W. Prichard) (1850) The Natural history of the varieties of man (Robert Gordon Latham) (1854) The classification of Turanian language (Friedrich Max Muller) (1854) Outlines of the philosophy of universal history (Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen) (1856) Journal of the Indian Archipelagos (J.R. Logan) (1860) The circles of the sciences (William Somerville Orr) (1870) The Asiatic affinities of the old Italians (Robert Ellis) (1875) Researches in prehistoric and protohistoric comparative philology, mythology and archaeology (Hyde Clarke) The identity of the Khoibu had been recorded and elaborated in the works of scholars of the 20th and 21st century: (1903) Linguistic Survey of India, Vol.3 Part II First Edition (Sir George Abraham Grierson) (1911) The Naga Tribes of Manipur (T.C. Hudson) (1961) Census of India, 1961, Vol 1, Issue 1 (1967) Cheitharol Kumbaba (Lairen Mayum Ibungo Singh & Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra Singh) (1976) Encyclopaedia Asiatica (Edward Balfour) (1980) ICSSR Research Abstracts Quarterly, Vol.9 (1988) Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society, Vol.23 (1985) Tribal Studies of India Series T-129, Tribal Social Structure: A study of Maring Society of Manipur (Rajat Kanti Das) (1995) Poireiton Khunthok (Moiranthem Chandra Singh) (2002) The Indian Encyclopaedia (Subodh Kumar) (2003) Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society, Vol.38 (2003) Archaeology in Manipur (L. Kunjeswori Devi) Status of Uipo (Khoibu) Tribe With