Uncontacted people, also referred to as isolated people or lost tribes, are communities who live, or have lived, either by choice (peoples living in voluntary isolation) or by circumstance, without significant contact with globalized civilization. Few peoples have remained totally uncontacted by global civilization. Indigenous rights activists call for such groups to be left alone, stating that it will interfere with their right to self-determination. Most uncontacted communities are located in densely forested areas in South America, New Guinea, India, and Central Africa. Knowledge of the existence of these groups comes mostly from infrequent and sometimes violent encounters with neighboring tribes, and from aerial footage. Isolated tribes may lack immunity to common diseases, which can kill a large percentage of their people after contact...Read more:Uncontacted peoples
Uncontacted tribes are a source of fascination in "contacted" society, and the idea of tour operators offering extreme adventure tours to specifically search out uncontacted people has become controversial. A BBC Four documentary in 2006 documented a controversial American tour operator who specializes in escorted tours to "discover" uncontacted people in West Papua,[4] similar to the BBC's own adventure in Papua New Guinea to make its 1971 documentary A Blank on the Map in which the first contact in over a decade was made with the Biami people...Read more:Uncontacted peoples
The Sentinelese continue to actively and violently reject contact. They live on North Sentinel Island in Eastern India, a small and remote island which lies to the west of the southern part of South Andaman Island. They are thought to number 40 to 500 members with a median estimate of 250. Helicopter surveys after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami indicate the Sentinelese survived, at least initially.
It is estimated that they have lived on their island for 60,000 years. Their language is markedly different even from other languages on the Andamans,[5] which suggests that they have remained uncontacted for thousands of years. They are thus considered the most isolated people in the world, and they are likely to remain so...Read more: Uncontacted peoples
It is estimated that they have lived on their island for 60,000 years. Their language is markedly different even from other languages on the Andamans,[5] which suggests that they have remained uncontacted for thousands of years. They are thus considered the most isolated people in the world, and they are likely to remain so...Read more: Uncontacted peoples
