Most humans, including you, belong to the 99.9999% of Homo sapiens that are isolated from the much smaller isolated groups left. North Sentinel Island, which is nominally governed by India, is home of one of the very few smaller ones. Its locals number in the few hundreds and have likely been there and rejected outsiders for thousands of years.
Theyve interacted with outsiders to varying degrees…
They were trading for iron just a couple of years before that idiot missionary got it his head god wanted them converted. And they gave him a couple chances.
Fuck missionaries and fuck evangelists of any kind.
If I want to join your religion, I should do it because I respect its followers, not because they shove it in my face and tell me I’ll go to some imaginary horrible place when I die if I don’t.
His Twitter exists still, it’s a little eerie
They’re known for launching spears and arrows at visitors, but their aversion towards outsiders might be what’s keeping them from going extinct. Other tribes have been decimated by disease after contact. Hopefully others continue to respect their independence.
Some other interesting tidbits https://www.atlasandboots.com/travel-blog/north-sentinel-island/
There was a big story about them rejecting an outsider a while back.
