The secluded Shompen tribe, who "inhabit the interior of the island's lush forests" and have done so for thousands of years, are "illiterate by modern standards" but are "self-sufficient", having ...

Great Nicobar Project both impedes Shompen’s statutory rights and ends island biodiversity Recognising the significance of preserving their right to life and livelihood, the 1991 amendment to ...

The project also poses “a real existential risk” to the two indigenous tribes of the island, the Nicobarese and the Shompen, says Sophie Grig of Survival International. The NGO has coordinated ...

For the first time in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of Great Nicobar Islands exercised their voting rights for the ...

The Andamans is home to five vulnerable tribes: the Jarawas, North Sentinelese, Great Andamanese, Onge and Shompen. The Jarawas and the North Sentinelese haven't integrated with the mainstream ...