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Unit 2
On the road Culture

Warmer
Call out either the verb or the Nomadic people and animals NOMADIC
particle from the phrasal verbs in 06
Exercise 4 on page 24, and elicit the PEOPLE
whole phrasal verb. For example,
you say bring or about and students
say bring about. Once you’ve 1 SPEAKING Work in pairs and look at Most of us are used to living in the same place – every
SPEAKING
demonstrated this with one or two the photos and the title. Where do day, all year round, we go ‘home’. But for some people
examples, pairs take turns to test you think the groups of people live? around the world, home is a place that moves, often across
each other in the same way. 2 2.06 Read and listen to the international borders. Here are three groups of people who
text to check your ideas. have or had a nomadic way of life.

06 1 THE TLINGIT
The Tlingit are found on the islands and the shores between Canada and
Nomadic people and Alaska. They were once a much larger group of people, but the arrival of
Europeans in the 1770s brought the Tlingit into contact with diseases,
animals such as smallpox, against which they had no immunity. Many of
them died.
They have their own language, in which their name translates as
‘people from the tides’. Unsurprisingly, the sea has played a huge role
1 Check/clarify: nomadic. in their lives, particularly as a source of food. Their diet consists of
a lot of fish, seal meat and seaweed. They also hunt deer, bears and
Put a copy of the three photos up goats, and collect berries and other plants from the forests.
on the board and do the exercise Today, around 15,000 Tlingit still live in the area, and although most
of them have a much more modern way of life, some are still
as a class before students open trying to live off the land in the way that their ancestors did.
their books.
2 THE BEDOUIN
2 2.06 Tell students not to try to The Bedouin are one of the most well-known nomadic tribes and there are
understand every word, but to an estimated 21 million Bedouin in the world today, split into many different
focus on checking their answers clans. In Arabic their name means ‘desert dwellers’, as they have lived in the
dry regions of Northern Africa and the Arabian peninsula for over 1,000 years.
to Exercise 1. Their search for water sources means they are always on the move, taking
their herds of goats and camels with them. These two animals are essential
1 the Tlingit – on islands between to the Bedouin, for food, dairy products and for trading with other clans.
Canada and Alaska 2 the Bedouin Many modern Bedouin have left their nomadic lifestyle behind them and have
settled in the towns and cities of the region. However, they are keen to keep
– Northern Africa and the Arabian their culture alive and organise annual festivals to celebrate their heritage and
peninsula 3 the Nukak-Maku – introduce it to new audiences.
Amazon rainforest in Colombia 3 THE NUKAK-MAKU
The Nukak-Maku are a nomadic tribe that lives deep inside the
Amazon rainforest in Colombia. For hundreds of years, they lived
unknown to the outside world. They were only discovered in 1981.
Culture notes Unfortunately, contact with civilisation meant they were exposed to
new illnesses and many died from these diseases. Their land is
The Tlingit people are believed to also under threat from people wanting to grow coca trees. These
days, fewer than 1,000 Nukak-Maku are thought to remain there
date back as long as 11,000 years and they are at risk of becoming extinct.
ago. They are divided into three They live in very small groups and are always on the move,
staying in one place for only a few days before moving on to
groups, known as the Eagle, Raven their next destination. They are true masters of survival and
and Wolf. Women have always been use poisoned darts and blow pipes to hunt jungle animals
such as monkeys, birds and wild pigs.
the dominant family members in a
Tlingit household. Both women and 26
men can assume leadership roles.
The use of the Tlingit language was
discouraged when the Americans The Bedu, or Bedouin people, are thought to have been established since
controlled the Alaskan frontier. 850 BCE. Divided into many tribes, they herd goats and camels as a source of
However, in the late twentieth dairy products, meat and wool. Others are herdsmen that practise farming and
century, language revitalisation agriculture. More than three or four generations of Bedouins live together as a
programmes were introduced by the single unit. In the 1950s and 1960s, huge numbers of the Bedouin people left
1,100 native Tlingit speakers left. their traditional nomadic life and settled in cities.
The Nukak live in southeast Colombia. They are one of six groups known as the
‘Maku’ peoples, all nomadic hunter-gatherers living in the northwest Amazon.
Traditionally, they live in groups of nine to 30 people in the forest away from
the rivers. The Nukak avoided regular contact with outsiders until 1988 when
about 40 Nukak people unexpectedly arrived at a newly-created town called
Calamar, creating a sensation in the international press. In 1993, the Colombian
government recognised the tribe’s right to their ancestral land and created the
‘Nukak Reserve’. Today that land is occupied by coca growers (the raw material
for cocaine). Many Nukak have been forced to flee their homes and seek refuge
in towns. The Nukak are one of at least 32 tribes in Colombia believed to be at
‘imminent risk of extinction’.

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