Located specifically within the Andaman Islands, this remote island is home to the Sentinelese, an uncontacted tribe that has fiercely resisted any interaction with the outside world for centuries.

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, was released under strict conditions in court Friday, a month after he was arrested on March 31 for contacting the Sentinelese people on Sentinel Island.

In 2006, the Sentinelese had killed two fishermen who had accidentally landed on the shore. Indian officials have limited contacts to rare “gift-giving” encounters, with small teams of ...

He left a can of Diet Coke and a coconut as offering for the tribe this time after he failed to contact the Sentinelese. He shot a video of the island on his camera and collected some sand samples ...

The Sentinelese are uncontacted indigenous people living on North Sentinel Island. The tribe vigorously rejects all contact with outsiders, and in 2018, John Allen Chau, was killed on the island ...

Outsiders meeting Sentinelese could endanger the tribe’s survival,” said a senior police officer, requesting anonymity as he isn’t authorized to speak about the case under investigation.

In 2006, the Sentinelese had killed two fishermen who had accidentally landed on the shore. An official from the U.S. consulate visited Polyakov in jail earlier this week.