On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:17:00 -0600, Carrie Coineandubh  
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> How about the Sentinelese people of the Andaman islands, who refuse  
> almost all contact with moderns, and last year drove off with a rain of  
> arrows a helicopter attempting to retrieve the bodies of two poachers  
> the people had slain? Seems pretty bright to me... all the other tribes  
> in the area have been colonized and nearly wiped out.

Maybe.  But it also brings to mind the phrase "last great act of defiance".

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   Robert Kesterson
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