Question

Today, the Meakambut struggle to maintain their nomadic lifestyle in the face of pressure to integrate into other cultures on the island. Write a paragraph describing this challenge and any actions the Meakambut have taken to work with the outside world.

Answer 1

Answers will vary but should include the following concepts:

the Meakumbuts’ love of and loyalty to their nomadic lifestyle, as it is the only way of life they have ever known

the spreading of easily curable diseases, which are bringing the Meakumbut people to the edge of extinction; and the fact that living as nomads, they do not have access to medical care

the letter written to the government by the Meakumbut people as a form of compromise between two very different ways of life