Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel released it here to virtually mark the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People. The Tribal Research and Training Institute, Raipur, has prepared the atlas, an official Communication said.
A coffee table book and a booklet on anthropological study of the tribes were also released. The Tribal Atlas’ provides information on the culture, customs, dialects of the tribes of the state. It has details of tribal arts and crafts and information on special backward tribes. It covers 42 tribes of the state. The coffee table book is on the special backward tribes of Abujhmadia, Baiga, Birhor, Kamar and Pahari Korwa.. The booklet contains detailed description of anthropological studies based on the lives of the Gadwa, Munda, Baiga, Kamar and Bhujia tribes.