Elicitation of pronouns in Raji. Recorded in Askote.

Conversation to cross check the elicited data related to body parts, kinship terms, color terms and natural objects with an aim to find the dialectal variation. Recorded in Askote.

Photograph of a traditional house in a Raji village. On the left side of the picture, one can see a part of a hut called /mɑʊvɑs/ in Raji, which is made of wooden sticks collected from the jungle.

Photograph of the traditional way of catching fish. Fishers put some pieces of wood to stop the flow of the river and try to make a tiny pond where fish get stuck.

Photograph of Kavita Rastogi and Dan Singh in the middle of the Askote town market. Dan Singh was employed in a local grocery shop. He helped Rastogi a lot in data collection as well as in connecting her to other community members.

Photograph of Raji men taking a rest in front of their favorite tea shop at Askote. Every day, they bring wood or grass collected from the jungles to sell. They get a very small amount of money in return.

Photograph of a Raji family house. On the ground floor of this house, the family keeps their livestock at night to protect them from other animals and harsh weather. The gate of the ground floor is at the back of the house. The family lives on the top floor.

Photograph of Ratan Singh from Kimkhola hamlet with his friends. They are going to watch porcupine hunting.

Photograph of the essay competition with 9 total student submissions. The essay competition was organized by Rastogi and Jana Fortier with the permission of the principal of the school, Shri Sanjay Khanka.

Photograph of the entrance of Raji Tribal Residential School, Jauljibi, Pithoragarh, Uttaranchal. The school was managed with the help of the Tribal Department of the Govt of India by the President of the Marginal Schedule Tribe Federation of Pithoragarh.

Photograph of students of classes 2 & 3 sitting inside their classroom.

Photograph of Raji women carrying wood. Every day many Raji women carry wood they collect from jungles on their heads and come to the local market to sell it. Sometimes, they directly go to Kumauni families who are their regular customers.

Photograph of Kavita Rastogi with two Raji women. After a lot of cajoling, Kaushalya (middle) and her friend agreed to give Rastogi some time for an interview. Kaushalya is wearing a traditional choker that she made. She is from Nepal and learned how to make jewelry from her mother.

Photograph of a cluster meeting that was organized by a local NGO 'ARPAN'. At this lunch meeting, Rastogi met many Raji women to cross-check spellings of various Raji words. Bhotia tribal women were also invited. Though educationally, economically, and socially, Bhotia are better off, Rajis consider themselves King of the forest, so many elderly Raji ladies did not have food as the Bhotia ladies were cooking food.

Photograph of a cluster meeting that was organized by a local NGO 'ARPAN'. At this lunch meeting, Rastogi met many Raji women to cross-check spellings of various Raji words. Bhotia tribal women were also invited. Though educationally, economically, and socially, Bhotia are better off, Rajis consider themselves King of the forest, so many elderly Raji ladies did not have food as the Bhotia ladies were cooking food.

Photograph of a cluster meeting that was organized by a local NGO 'ARPAN'. At this lunch meeting, Rastogi met many Raji women to cross-check spellings of various Raji words. Bhotia tribal women were also invited. Though educationally, economically, and socially, Bhotia are better off, Rajis consider themselves King of the forest, so many elderly Raji ladies did not have food as the Bhotia ladies were cooking food.

Photograph of a cluster meeting that was organized by a local NGO 'ARPAN'. At this lunch meeting, Rastogi met many Raji women to cross-check spellings of various Raji words. Bhotia tribal women were also invited. Though educationally, economically, and socially, Bhotia are better off, Rajis consider themselves King of the forest, so many elderly Raji ladies did not have food as the Bhotia ladies were cooking food.