Sentinelese people
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The Sentinelese people are an uncontacted Indigenous tribe living in near-total isolation on North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, known for fiercely resisting outside contact and preserving a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sentinelese people canonical | 4 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ tribe ⓘ uncontacted people ⓘ |
| administrativeTerritory | Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| bufferZone | restricted area around North Sentinel Island ⓘ |
| censusStatus | not directly counted in Indian census ⓘ |
| clothing | minimal clothing and body adornment ⓘ |
| colonialHistory | resisted British colonial contact attempts ⓘ |
| contactPolicy | reject contact with outsiders ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalContinuity | maintained traditional way of life ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
honey ⓘ turtles ⓘ wild fruits ⓘ wild pigs ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Sentinelese ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Union of India
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of India
|
| healthRiskFromContact | high vulnerability to outside diseases ⓘ |
| housingType |
huts
ⓘ
temporary shelters ⓘ |
| languageFamily | likely Andamanese language family (unconfirmed) ⓘ |
| languageStatus | unclassified language ⓘ |
| legalProtection |
North Sentinel Island declared off-limits
ⓘ
protected by Indian law ⓘ |
| lifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andaman Islands
ⓘ
Bay of Bengal ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| maritimeTechnology | simple outrigger canoes used in shallow waters ⓘ |
| mobilityPattern | semi-nomadic on the island ⓘ |
| neighboringGroups |
Great Andamanese
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Andamanese people
Jarawa ⓘ
surface form:
Jarawa people
Onge people ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
killing of American missionary John Allen Chau in 2018
ⓘ
killing of two Indian fishermen in 2006 ⓘ |
| populationEstimate | dozens to a few hundred individuals ⓘ |
| populationStatus | uncontacted ⓘ |
| postIndependenceHistory | resisted Indian government contact attempts ⓘ |
| religion | unknown traditional beliefs ⓘ |
| resideIn | North Sentinel Island ⓘ |
| responseToIntrusion | often hostile ⓘ |
| statusInAnthropology | one of the most isolated peoples on Earth ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| technologyLevel | stone age-level tools with some metal use ⓘ |
| useOfMetal | salvaged metal from shipwrecks ⓘ |
| weapons |
bows and arrows
ⓘ
spears ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.