The island - which is just 60 square kilometres and sits 1200km from the Indian mainland - has belonged to India since 1947 but is recognised as a sovereign state. Very little is actually known about the indigenous Sentinelese people who occupy the small island in the Bay of Bengal in India. In fact there are still considered to be around 100 uncontacted tribes living completely shut off from the outside world. Just like the world’s hidden populations, stories like this are increasingly rare.īut the Sentinelese tribe are not completely unique in their isolation. However, seven local fishermen were arrested for taking the American to the restricted island. Those thought to be responsible, the Sentinelese tribe, live cut off from the outside world on an island located in India’s remote Andaman and Nicobar chain which is off-limits to visitors.īecause contact with the tribe is forbidden, Mr Chau’s killers will not be prosecuted for his death, according to local authorities. One of those remaining “lost” civilisations was thrust into the spotlight this week when American tourist and missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by a flurry of arrows launched by an isolated tribe on a remote island in the Indian Ocean.
In the 21st century, globalisation has brought the planet’s disparate populations and cultures closer than ever before, but there are still places - and people - who remain largely untouched by the outside world.
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