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Wautogik village, East Sepik province, 1997-99
Photos by Ira Bashkow

Matthew Rahiria napwe nani Swagien nəhogumok kwəwem boraɲum buk
Matthew Rahiria helping Lise Dobrin transcribe an Arapesh recording

Swagien kwapwe kwani takwiem kwərau boraɲ
Lise Dobrin learning Arapesh with Matthew Rahiria (left), Felix Natopol, and Joseph Guaigu

Swagien okwokwin yapuni yaken Matthew Rahiria
Lise Dobrin's "big father" and language teacher Matthew Rahiria

Swagien kwani nɨmbatic takwiec: Clement nani Lusia Hayin, Arnold nani Margaret Watiem
Lise Dobrin with village elders Clement and Lusia Hayin (left), Arnold and Margaret Watiem (right)

Dәbeimi Wautogigem hapwe urupat heyagurepum әmәnәb
Wautogik elders meet in a house to discuss the boundaries of their clan land holdings

Urupat batowic capweum gani Bahʷi Əmənəb
Children looking out from their house in the Red Ground area