Financial Intervention
Because they make so much money off of tourism, the Bajau Laut tribe is being threatened by the Indonesian government because of their lack of willingness to assimilate. The government is using their lack of standardized medical practice to say that the lifestyle of the Bajau Laut tribe is inhumane, and they prevent their members from surviving in otherwise survivable situations. In fact, the tribe believes that this is the opposite case based on their ideals…
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