Abstract

East Siang district is a hub of economic and educational development in Arunachal Pradesh. The tribal people living in the district are hard working and intelligent. The study is to explore the scope of women empowerment through naturally available economic livelihood aspects in the sample area and to categorize different traditional livelihood patterns available for them. Both primary as well as secondary methods of data collection are used in the study. The production of the agricultural product and the area under cultivation are based on the 2011 Census. The study found that people of the sample are associated with agriculture, horticulture, livestock farming and fishery etc. The tribal women of the sample are also experts in weaving traditional dress. The paper seeks to address the hard working attributes of the tribe women and the economic livelihood pattern available for economic sustainability for them. With other livelihood patterns, bamboo products both edible and household products for sheltering and crafting, are emphasized in the study.