Arunachal Pradesh houses quite a handful of tribes. Among them, Monpa tribes constitutes of five percent of the total population of tribal communities through out the whole region. Anthropologists have carried out research on them thus revealing few important facts about them. This Monpa tribe displays many common attributes. These are like `anthropometrics`, `blood groups`.

They follow the characteristics with other people of Arunachal Pradesh as well as with many other tribes of `mongoloid characters` of adjacent northeastern parts. Monpa tribes have also their own and unique system of the practices. If one wants to know about the religious beliefs of these Monpa tribes, they are all ardent believers of Buddhist practices. The Buddha, the Dharma (righteousness) and the Sangha (order of monks) comprises of the `Buddhist Trinity`. These three sacred ideals of Buddhism are also hold in esteem and reverence by these Monpa tribal community people.

Like the other tribal communities of Arunachal Pradesh, Monpa tribes also have followed the tradition of depending on natural and its various products. According to the famous scholar, Dam and Hajara (1981) the great anthropologists who has carried out a vivid discussion on Monpas the utility of various plant resources in the lifestyle of the Monpa are undeniable. According to this research, they also utilize diverse animals as well as their by products in several ways.

Actually these by products are used for purposes like `food, zoo therapy, magico-religious, decoration` and also for several other beliefs. Occupations of Monpa tribes are quite different from those of the other tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Unlike other tribes, the hunting is not at all the universal practice of Monpa tribes. However there are few Monpa shepherds that are found in the remotest corner of the Arunachal states. Several equipments are being used for facilitating hunting including gun , poisonous arrows, deo (swords).

Another thing quite remarkable about the cultural aspect of Monpa tribe is there has been an amalgamation of both non-violence and aspects of violence. Though they ardently have developed the trust on various axioms of non-violence, the actions that they follow are not at all matching. On the contrary, they follow the customs of animal sacrifices and also the utilities that they derive from these animal resources. Several studies that are being conducted in order to understand the wealth of fauna also emphasize the fact that these Monpa tribes have wide faith on various superstition and magical powers are being find out. Animals that are utilized both as food and other purposes are tiger, leopard, musk deer etc. Monpa tribes also show no reservations for consuming various kinds of birds as food.

The origin of these Monpa tribes of Arunachal Pradesh has got a beautiful history behind it. Eminent anthropologists have penned down a lot of things about the role of Monpa tribes in trade in pre-colonial and colonial era of Arunachal Pradesh state. As per their records, Monpa tribes even proved to be really efficient in playing the role of intermediaries in trade that Assam had with a foreign country. Within the Arunachal also Monpas carry on trade exchanges of several products like butter, coats shoes, carpets, blankets, masks and yak cap, salt and beetle nut with `Sherdukpen tribal group`. In lieu, they demand in exchange of cows, `mithun` and `animal-skins` . According to few anthropologists to facilitate this trading relation with Assam have emphasized the role of trade fairs.

In the year 1809, the fairs at Udalguri and Doimara in Assam clearly established the facts that animals and its various by products along with the forest based resources were the major items of trade that were to be exchanged with finished products from other places. These fairs for trade showed a process of decline during the end part of the era of British period. In the year 1901 tea industry gradually expanded in Doimara in Darrang district of Assam, salt was imported from outside. The development of land networking retards the demand of animals like donkeys and horses and British colonial government entered into direct foreign trade by making use of some legal provisions.

These trade fairs further deterred to a great extent due to the enactment of Inner-line regulations by forest regulators in Darrang frontiers of the Assam state. These `provisions` led Monpa of Twang and East Kameng districts curb their motions within `sub Montana forest`.