Sentinelese People blog 4

John Ryan

Indigenous Group

Sentinelese People

In this picture, members of the Sentinelese group are startled by an incoming helicopter and rush the beach with weapons to try and fend them off.

In this picture, a group of people on a boat approach there land and see them dancing.
In the last picture, members of the group are retrieving coconuts thrown to them by outside members outside the tribe trying to offer peace.
The Sentinelese tribe is considered the most isolated tribe in the world as an outside group has only come in contact once in recent years. During these visits the tribe used violent methods to fend them off including throwing spears at a helicopter to keep themselves separated. Since they are so isolated their language and religion are unknown to all. This tribe is located on the Andaman islands inside the bay of Bengal off the coast of Thailand. It is estimated that the tribe has about 250 people but it is also unknown for sure. Many thought the tribe would die off with the increased fishing and exploration around their island but they have held strong throughout the years. The tribe is very basic and is thought to be a hunter-gatherer tribe, as they are good with self made weapons used for obtaining food and fending themselves off. Many believe that the Sentinelese are one of the first human populations to inhabit Africa and have lived among the islands for 60,000 years. This is assumed because their skin is much darker than typical Andaman islanders and their language is much different from any other tribe among the islands.
Sense Perception and the Sentinelese PeopleOne of the ways of knowing the sentinelese people use in order to protect themselves from the outside world, is sense perception. As read above, in the early 2000's, the sentinelese people were approached by a helicopter and responded by collecting there weapons and throwing them at the helicopter to fend it off. This show sens perception because in our culture we view a helicopter as a highly technological way of flying, but in their tribe they view a helicopter as danger.