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We are already saving cells from endangered species to possibly clone them in the future. Does anyone think that this will start happening to people (i.e. small indigenous tribes, nobel prize winners)?

Personally, I doubt it.

I think it would be viewed as a huge human rights violation to take cells from small tribes (who likely don't understand genetics and cell theory) so they can be cloned later. Something like this would also be futile; the only thing setting apart an indigenous tribesman from some guy from Pittsburgh is his upbringing.

As for the nobel prize winners, I don't know how much they'd want to be cloned. It's really up to them, and if they want to save their cells, more power to them.

I think the only real fruitful thing we can do with cells of fading tribes or nobel prize winners is to map their genetic sequences to see what genes in particular made them unique. The tribesman would provide an invaluable resource because of isolation (traits that change usually stick in isolation) and the nobel prize winner might provide insight into ingenuity. As for cloning, as I said, I don't think it will happen.