To be a Dongria Kondh is to live in the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa state, India - they do not live anywhere else. Yet Vedanta Resources was determined to mine their sacred mountain's rich seam of bauxite (aluminium ore).
The Dongria farm the hill slopes, grow crops in among the forest and gather wild fruit and leaves for sale.
There are over 8000 members of the tribe, living in villages scattered throughout the Niyamgiri Hills.
