Shompen Tribe
- Recently, experts warn that the development of Great Nicobar into a shipping hub and tourist destination could lead to the extinction of the indigenous Shompen tribe.
- The $9 billion development plan could introduce 650,000 people to the island, increasing the risk of contact and diseases that could devastate the Shompen.
- The Shompen are an indigenous group of people who live on Great Nicobar Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. They are hunter-gatherers who hunt wild game, forage for fruits and forest foods, and farm yams, roots, vegetables, and tobacco.
- The Shompen are one of the most populated tribes ....
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