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Tucked away on North Sentinel Island in the Andaman archipelago, the Sentinelese people are considered the most isolated tribe in the world. They live in complete separation from modern ...
After a missionary was killed by India's isolated Sentinelese tribe, Survival International says uncontacted peoples should be left alone Survival International says people have the right to ...
An American wielding a can of cola has reportedly been arrested after attempting to visit North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean, home to the Sentinelese people, one of the most isolated and ...
The Indian government, which staked its claim to the island in 1970, has since stopped all attempts to make contact with the Sentinelese people. Visits to the island are heavily restricted by the ...
Indian media reports said an American was reportedly killed by members of the Sentinelese people off North Sentinel Island. The Sentinelese resist contact with the rest of the world and have ...
The Sentinelese lack immunity to common diseases such as the flu, and exposure from outsiders threatens their population, according to Survival International, a nonprofit focused on indigenous rights.
The people of North Sentinel Island, called the Sentinelese, are considered an "uncontacted tribe," meaning they have little to no contact with the outside world.
Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, allegedly left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut to entice the Sentinelese tribe, blowing a whistle while he filmed the encounter.
The tribe that appears to have killed American John Allen Chau on remote North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal is one of a number of vanishing peoples sealed off from the rest of the world.
The director of Survival International, Caroline Pearce, joins Here & Now to explain why her organization has spoken out against contacting the Sentinelese and other uncontacted tribes. This ...