Unless the tribe was formed this year, they've probably seen them before.
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Good point. Total eclipses, however, are very rare, occurring at a given location on the Earth only once every 400 years (or so). Given how small a range any modern uncontacted tribe would be, it's unlikely that anyone but their remote ancestors experienced a total eclipse. And there's a massive, inexplicable difference between a 99% eclipse and a total eclipse. A 99% eclipse briefly makes things darker, a total eclipse changes reality; the visual effects of what you see are disorienting, at best.
So: yes, uncontacted tribes may have seen the sun get briefly dimmer. But even in more "modern" cultures, total eclipses have been cause for hysteria and panic. And maybe that's the best answer to OP's question: take a look at recorded history, e.g. Ephraim Miller and the total eclipse that passed over Texas in 1878.
They probably have oral histories about them, as most cultures did before developing or adopting astronomy.
I'd think they'd at least remember the one from four years ago...
Eh, they have different coverages.
Are there uncontacted tribes in the US? lol
I’ll go to North Sentinel Island and ask them. They seem chill.
Bring your spear.
Like anything else that humans don't understand now or didn't understand then..... We create a mythology to explain it.
This inspired me to go look for eclipse mythology. https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/eclipse-stories-from-around-the-world
uncontacted doesn’t mean uneducated
I have no academic basis for this but I kind of imagine any remaining uncontacted tribes are sort of mangled versions of the cultures they descended from. They've been kept small and isolated so their oral traditions may have become severely warped and may essentially be tiny 'cult-of-personalities' of a few people's ideas that have very little similarity to more ancient traditions.
“Hey look. The sky balls lined up”
As someone who has never ever seen an eclipse, not even a single time in my life, I have no idea how to answer the question.
This is why I hate being in Morocco.
I'll invite you to visit for the next one. I was right in the path of totality!
Visas. They're expensive, they're time consuming to get, and there's a chance I'll get rejected.