Tun-Si

The Tun-Si are a tribe that originally inhabited Isla Nublar. The tribe is part of the, an indigenous people of Costa Rica.

The Tun-Si never appear in any movies, nor are they ever mentioned in dialog or props. However, they do appear in two pieces of movie-related material: the Masrani Global website and Jurassic Park: The Game. What follows is an amalgamation of the information given in both media.

History
In real-life, the Bribri people live in the mountains and Caribbean coastal areas of Costa Rica and northern Panama. It is unknown what motivated the ancestors of the Tun-Si to migrate to Isla Nublar, an island 190 km off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

This is one of the plausible scenarios. While agriculture is the main activity of the Bribri, this tribe switched to fishery and became a seafaring tribe. This might have been the moment the tribe adopted the name "Tun-Si", meaning "Water Men" in the Bribri language. During the fishing voyages the fishermen spotted the Isle of Nublar, which they call Guá-Si (meaning "Water House", or, "House beyond Water"). This "house" could be a reference to Mount Sibo (see below). In time, the tribe started frequenting the island and eventually settled on it. It is unknown if they also settled other islands of the Muertes Archipelago.

The tribe lived in peace on the island. Nonetheless, from the sixteenth century onward, many of the Tun-Si had to leave the island. Their presence on the island was terminated in the 1980s by the InGen corporation. InGen was searching for a tropical island to build a dinosaur zoo; and Isla Nublar met the requirements.

The Costa Rican government was willing to lease the island to InGen. At the time, the tribe was led by their shaman or Awa. The Awa did the government's bidding and helped advertising the island. InGen demanded that the entire tribe should leave the island. In return, InGen promised to provide homes, education and medication for the displaced islanders.

Not all the tribesmen left the island willingly. Around 1981 InGen had to hire mercenaries (including Oscar Morales) to force the tribesmen (including Nima Cruz) off the island at gunpoint. The last few remaining were resettled off the island in 1987.

Instead of resettling among their Bribri kin in Costa Rica's rural area's, the Tun-Si settled in the houses that InGen had build for them. These houses turned out to be located in the slums, the schools had no teachers and the health care was of bad quality. The Awa did not follow their ancient traditions and fell into depression.

One of the Tun-Si, Nima Cruz, gained access to a large amount of money in 1993. The effect of this on the entire tribe is unknown. It is unknown if the Tun-Si tried to return to the island after InGen abandoned it.

The Masrani Global Corporation leased the island from 2002 onward. The corporation's website states that they "wish to acknowledge the indigenous Bribri tribe and the contributions they have made to the history and culture of Isla Nublar."

Culture and Spirituality
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Known Tun-Si

 * "Awa" Cruz
 * Nima Cruz: daughter of the Awa
 * Atlanta Cruz: daughter of Nima