Yet another U.S. social medium influencer has done something dumb — and improbably aweless — abroad .
In March , a YouTuber named Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov , who posts under the name Neo - Orientalist , seek to illicitly interact with a protected group of autochthonous people called the Sentinelese , allot to astatementby Survival International , an organisation that urge for the rights of endemic and tribal masses . The Sentinelese are one of the most isolated indigenous people in the humankind , accord to the organisation , intend that contact with outsider could run to the spread of devastating diseases within their communities .
The Sentinelese experience on the Manhattan - sized forested island of North Sentinel in the Indian Ocean , and violently resist middleman with all foreigner . After repeated effort to connect with the Sentinelese in the 70s , fourscore , and 90 ended in violence — and in some cases , death — the Indian government stopped essay to befriend them , according to Survival International . It is presently — and unequivocally — illegal to visit North Sentinel Island .
Indian authorities have arrested a US YouTuber for illegally attempting to contact an isolated and protected indigenous group.© Screenshot from @Neo-Orientalist via YouTube.
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But that does n’t seem to have occupy Polyakov , who landed on the island long enough to leave a coconut and a can of Colon , and fortuitously did not see any of the Sentinelese . Indian authorities arrested him , and the YouTuber now face possible pokey time .
“ In a reckless attempt to get attention on societal media , his illegal action could have pass over out the entire Sentinelese kindred through preface young disease such as flu to which they have no immunity , ” reads the Survival International statement .
In fact , contact with outsider has antecedently wipe out apart indigenous communities . The universe of the Onge people , who dwell nearby Little Andaman Island , decline by 85%following the arrival of British colonists and Indian settlers , according to Survival International . The Great Andamanese peoples suffer even more drastic aftermath : their populationdeclined by 99%after forced contact .
Polyakov could have also gotten himself killed . Even if he receives a jail sentence , his violation will still have a glad conclusion than that ofJohn Allen Chau , a missionary from the U.S. who in 2018 illegally visited North Sentinel island in an attempt to evangelize its habitant , and was ultimately killed by the Sentinelese .
Very small is known about the Sentinelese . What we do bang come from observations conducted from boats float beyond Sentinelese archers ’ range , as well as the very few interaction that did not degenerate into fury — such as in 1991 , when the Sentinelese accept talent from Native American officials , the statement explain .
It seems like the Sentinelese hold their way of life in the rainforest by hunt , gathering , and fishing on outrigger canoe - like boats , and live in either large communal shanty or small-scale irregular shelters . They also make bows , arrow , and spears , Survival International report . Various observer have document the presence of children and meaning women , with the full population size forecast at around 150 . However , we do n’t make love what the Sentinelese call themselves , or the island they populate on .
In the 19th 100 , a British officeholder lead a political party to the island , where they kidnapped two elders and four children . The elderly individuals died , after which the nipper were returned to the island with giving . While we do n’t have it off what the broader consequences of these action were , it ’s likely that the children would have infect their residential district with alien disease . This , along with other experiences , might have trip intergenerational hurt that solidify the the great unwashed ’s rejection of foreigners .
“ The Sentinelese have made it clear that they do not desire contact , ” take the Survival International statement . “ It is a wise choice . ”
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