The present compiled work of seventeen chapters is based upon the research
papers presented in the UGC sponsored national seminar on "Problems and
Prospects of Ethnic Communities of India with Special Reference to North East
India" organised by the Department of Anthropology, Dibru College, Dibrugarh in
collaboration with District Research Office of Assam Institute of Research for
Tribals and Scheduled Castes, Guwahati, Assam on 18th and 19th January, 2012.
The book covers a wide spectrum of issues, relating to socio-economic and
socio-cultural changes, ethnic movements, ethnic problems and conflicts, dyeing
traditions and gender issues among various tribes and communities of North East
India. The present volume containing these