A Challenging Encounter: Making First Contact With the Extremely Reclusive and Hostile Tribe of North Sentinel Island
Image created: NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen
As the above example testifies, the Sentinelese are very hostile to outsiders, and have shown no interest in making contact with the outside world. In 1974, the director of a National Geographic documentary about the Andamans was hit by a spear thrown at him while he was filming the Sentinelese from a boat. That time, the filming crew did not manage to make peaceful contact with the tribe.
But that probably wasn’t such a bad outcome, after all. The Sentinelese are vulnerable to diseases and infections that are common in the outside world, and contact with outsiders could have serious consequences for their health and survival.
As the above example testifies, the Sentinelese are very hostile to outsiders, and have shown no interest in making contact with the outside world. In 1974, the director of a National Geographic documentary about the Andamans was hit by a spear thrown at him while he was filming the Sentinelese from a boat. That time, the filming crew did not manage to make peaceful contact with the tribe.
But that probably wasn’t such a bad outcome, after all. The Sentinelese are vulnerable to diseases and infections that are common in the outside world, and contact with outsiders could have serious consequences for their health and survival.
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25 August 2023
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