Host Steve Curwood talks with Sophie Grig of Survival International, a worldwide organization supporting tribal peoples. She’s been tracking information on the effect of the tsunami on the isolated tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Some of these tribes are hunter-gatherers who came to the islands from Africa 60,000 years ago. It’s believed that many tribal members of the Andamans survived the tsunami, while the Nicobar Island tribes may not have fared as well.
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