Sentinelese

This is one of the Island present in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The tribes living here are known as most ancient tribes in India.They are officially Indians but their language is not similar to any of the languages present in mainland of India and Andaman Islands.

The people present here do not allow any other people from outside of their land. They have less resistant power.There is an estimation that only 2000-4000 sentinelese are alive today.  They may be the last surviving Pre-Neolithic tribe on Earth. They live on the North Sentinel Island, a 27-square mile island located 58 kilometers west of Port Blair, the capital of Andaman & Nicobar.

In 2006, the Sentinel killed two Indian fishermen who landed on their island. Earlier, in 2004, they had shot at an Indian Coast Guard chopper flying over the island to assess damage from the Indian Ocean Tsunami. It does’nt take an expert in Sentinelese language to understand their sentiment: this tiny tribe, located in one of the remotest parts of the Bay of Bengal, is saying two words clearly and unequivocally: Keep Out.

Many trails have been done by many Anthropologists. But no one succeeded in establishing friendly contact with them. Before our independence a british officer succeeded in establishing a friendly contact.He tried to take 2 elders and 4 teenagers from sentinel island to normal world.But when they got a little away from the Island the two elders died . So,he took the teenagers back to Island.From this we can know that the sentinel tribes cannot adjust to normal world climate due to their resistant power.

A person want to make a documentary on sentinel tribes and tried to go to their place. But the tribes shoot them with arrows.There is no life loss happened but an arrow made an injury to the director thigh. Again some Anthropology team tried to impress them by giving gifts like coconuts,vessels,etc. The tribes took coconuts and some vessels.But they also failed to enter into the island.

A group of anthropologists sent a pig into the island .The sentinel tribes killed that pig and buried it at the sea shore.

A woman Anthropologist succeeded in establishing a friendly contact with them. The rules followed by the sentinel tribes made her alive.The rule is”They will not kill or harm the person who are saved by the sentinel people”. A sentinel women saved the Anthropologist from an arrow.So she succeeded in making contact with them.But she failed to know more about them.

Recently a person named John Allen Chau tried to enter to sentinel Island illegally. But he was killed by them.

Now Indian government totally restricted entry of the outsiders to the island to ensure the safety of both the people and tribals. The 3 km from the island is also made as restricted place to enter.