And for good reason. The history of contact, between indigenous tribes and the outside world, has always been an unhappy one.
These have to be the stupidest things ever written. The writer goes to great lengths to say these people have been un-contacted by the outside world. Yet he then says that the reason they want to be left alone is because of the history of contact between tribes like them and the rest of the outside world has always been bad. Well, how do they know the history of contact between tribes like them and the outside world?
It’s not that hard to figure out. Even a caveman could grok that. ;^)