| Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers Subjects: Raute (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs; Raute (Nepalese people) -- Ethnobiology; Human ecology -- Nepal; Hunting and gathering societies -- Nepal; Nepal -- Social life and customs; In today's world hunter-gatherer societies struggle with seemingly insurmountable problems: deforestation and encroachment, language loss, political domination by surrounding communities. Will they manage to survive? This book is about one such society living in the monsoon rainforests of western Nepal: the Raute. Kings of the Forest explores how this elusive ethnic group, the last hunter-gatherers of the Himalayas, maintains its traditional way of life amidst increasing pressure to assimilate. |