John Allen Chau (December 18, 1991 – November 17, 2018) was an American evangelical Christian missionary who was killed by the Sentinelese, a tribe in voluntary isolation, after illegally traveling to North Sentinel Island in an attempt to introduce the tribe to Christianity.

Nov 29, 2018 · The recent death of John Allen Chau, a 26-year-old American missionary killed while trying to preach the gospel to a remote tribe in India, has ignited a debate about the wisdom of – or even the need for – evangelizing indigenous peoples ignorant of or hostile to Christianity.

Nov 21, 2018 · John Allen Chau was shot with bows and arrows as he landed on North Sentinel island, which is forbidden to outsiders, say local fishermen. According to local officials, the 27-year-old was a...

Nov 21, 2018 · John Allen Chau was an adventurer who hiked in North Cascades National Park in the Pacific Northwest, traveled to Israel and went on mission trips to South Africa. But he was...

Jul 24, 2019 · In the fall of 2018, the 26-year-old American missionary traveled to a remote speck of sand and jungle in the Indian Ocean, attempting to convert one of the planet's last uncontacted tribes to...

Aug 1, 2019 · When an American missionary was killed on a remote Indian Island last year, people around the world treated it as a punchline. John Allen Chau had been trying to reach members of an isolated...

Nov 23, 2018 · Before he was killed by an isolated tribe on a remote Indian Ocean island, John Allen Chau, a young American on a self-propelled mission to spread Christianity, revealed two things: that he was...

Nov 14, 2023 · Hundreds of fake TripAdvisor-style reviews of North Sentinel swiftly appeared, lampooning Chau as a crazy Christian supremacist. His Instagram account became an overnight sensation. One...

Nov 23, 2018 · John Allen Chau, 26, was shot with an arrow last week on the remote North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, home to the tiny Sentinelese tribe, which for centuries has rejected all contact...

Feb 3, 2024 · The death of John Allen Chau at the hands of a secluded indigenous group on a remote Indian island made headlines worldwide. Chau’s quixotic mission was fervently condemned in print and visual...