Sri Vijaya Puram, India, May 18, 2026 (AFP) - Encroaching world threatens India's last 'uncontacted' tribe

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2026-05-18

One of the last outsiders to make authorised visits to India's only "uncontacted" tribe says it may be time to reconnect with the isolated people -- in order to shield them from an encroaching world. Anthropologist Anstice Justin, 71, took part in the government's limited contact missions to the restricted North Sentinel island in the Andaman Sea between 1986 and 2004. The island's inhabitants are famously resistant to engaging with outsiders, an......

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