Yet another U.S. social media influencer has done something dumband incredibly disrespectfulabroad.
It is currentlyand unequivocallyillegal to visit North Sentinel Island.
Indian authorities arrested him, and the YouTuber now faces possible jail time.
Indian authorities have arrested a US YouTuber for illegally attempting to contact an isolated and protected indigenous group.© Screenshot from @Neo-Orientalist via YouTube.
In fact, contact with outsiders has previously decimated isolated indigenous communities.
The Great Andamanese peoples suffered even more drastic consequences: their populationdeclined by 99%after forced contact.
Polyakov could have also gotten himself killed.
Very little is known about the Sentinelese.
They also make bows, arrows, and spears, Survival International reports.
However, we dont know what the Sentinelese call themselves, or the island they live on.
The elderly individuals died, after which the children were returned to the island with gifts.
This, along with other experiences, might have triggered intergenerational trauma that solidified the peoples rejection of foreigners.
The Sentinelese have made it clear that they do not want contact, reads the Survival International statement.
It is a wise choice.
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