The extraordinary 60-year-long career of Professor Robbins Burling has touched the fields of anthropology, descriptive and historical linguistics, language evolution and language pedagogy, and has positively influenced the work and the careers of several generations of scholars across the globe. This collection of papers written in honor of Robbins Burling focuses primarily on the anthropology and linguistics of the Northeast Indian region, where most of Burling's fieldwork was conducted, and which has been a constant source of inspiration to Burling and to so many others. It will be of interest to anthropologists, descriptive and historical linguists, speakers of Northeast Indian languages, and anyone else with an abiding interest in this fascinating and understudied region of the world.