section_path: Indigenous peoples by region/Asia/South Asia
section_name: South Asia
paragraph_text: South Asia
  
  India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean are also home to several Indigenous groups such as the Andamanese of Strait Island, the Jarawas of Middle Andaman and South Andaman Islands, the Onge of Little Andaman Island and the uncontacted Sentinelese of North Sentinel Island. They are registered and protected by the Indian government.
  
  In Sri Lanka, the Indigenous Vedda people constitute a small minority of the population today.