CaptainJZH OP t1_j6600uh wrote on January 27, 2023 at 11:19 PM

Reply to comment by gwaydms in TIL workers dismantling the wrecked MV Primrose off of North Sentinel Island were confronted by the isolated Sentinelese, but defused the situation by giving them bananas and letting them on board to acquire scrap metal. Workers were visited by the Sentinelese 2-3 times a month for 18 months. by CaptainJZH

Also, some North Sentinel Islanders were once kidnapped, back in the colonial period, only for them to die because of disease. They probably have oral histories dating far far back so I would imagine "that time outsiders literally took some of us away never to be seen again" is a major part of their worldview.

And well, if anyone knows what it's like to have your culture and land tarnished by an outside force, it's India lol