Tsunami threatens indigenous peoples in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Thanks to Bob at the Turtle Island Native Network I have learned of a number of the indigenous peoples in the Andaman Sea who have been decimated by the tsunamis. Here are some links to some articles on them. While it seems true that groups like the Sentinelese have eschewed contact with outsiders up to the present day, still some of these articles treat these peoples as endangered species, so if you can get past the unsophisticated cafe anthropology(prmitive, negrito, etc.), there is some news in there.

For more details about the tribal peoples in question, here are some better links:

• The Indian government’s recognition of the rights and title of the Jarawas and the Sentinelese
• The Andamans/Nicobar Yahoo Group
• A brief history of the colonization of Andamans