You can say what you will about this group, but the point is they
want to live their lives the way they want to. The only people they
seem to be bothering are the rich b*stards who want their land for
their own playground. They don't need it for survival.

The real irony is, should civilization go belly up, they will be the
ones better off. I can just imagine their reactions to the "civilized"
ones who come crawling out of their urban ruins looking for salvation.

50,000 Years of Resilience May Not Save Tribe

Tanzania Safari Deal Lets Arab Royalty Use Lands

By Stephanie McCrummen

Washington Post Foreign Service

Sunday, June 10, 2007; Page A01

YAEDA VALLEY, Tanzania -- One of the last remaining tribes of hunter-gatherers on the planet is on the verge of vanishing into the modern world.

The transition has been long underway, but members of the dwindling Hadzabe tribe, who now number fewer than 1,500, say it is being unduly hastened by a United Arab Emirates royal family, which plans to use the tribal hunting land as a personal safari playground.

Full article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/09/AR2007060901465.html

To quote:

The introduction of standard time has also come slowly. "What is the need for time?" Kaunda asked. "You wake up, you get honey. What do you need time for?"