article_snippet.sent: From the sky it appears to be an idyllic island with amazing beaches and a dense forest, but tourists or fishermen don’t dare to set foot on this outcrop in the Indian Ocean due to the Indian Ocean inhabitants’ fearsome reputation.
article_snippet.sent: This satellite image taken by NASA shows the untouched North Sentinel Island, which is about the size of Manhattan .
article_snippet.sent: It’s still unclear what impact the 2004 tsunami had on the population and the island, which is part of India’s chain of Andaman Islands, although the uncontacted tribe managed to avoid being wiped out.
article_snippet.sent: the Indian government made several failed attempts to establish contact, but has abandoned all attempts and allows the uncontacted tribe to live how the Indian government chooses on an island that is about the size of Manhattan.
article_snippet.sent: This aerial image shows the dense tree canopy on the island, which has remained untouched by modern civilisation for centuries .
article_snippet.sent: In a statement, Survival International’s director, Stephen Corry, said: ‘The Great Andamanese tribes of India’s Andaman Islands were decimated by disease when the British colonised India’s Andaman Islands in the 1800s.