North Sentinel Island

I have my interests and islands are a big one. I found another interesting one recently while reading an article.

From wikipedia:

North Sentinel Island is home to a tribe of indigenous people, the Sentinelese, whose present numbers are estimated to be anywhere between 50 and 400 individuals. They reject any contact with other people, and are among the last peoples to remain virtually untouched by modern civilization[citation needed]. Because there has never been any treaty with the people of the island, nor any record of a physical occupation whereby the people of the island have conceded sovereignty, the island exists in a curious state of limbo under established international law and can be seen as a sovereign entity under Indian protection. It is, therefore, one of the de facto autonomous regions of India.

Another fine article with history of the North Sentinelese can be found here.

It's romantic for modern folks to consider life untouched by technology and "progress". I've been lately considering a story about a return to pioneering in the vast and less populated Midwest, where the promise of self subsistence calls.