Those sent to implement these programs were often corrupt or incompetent, and even the most professional among them encountered many obstacles: the nomadic groups were loath to become sedentary, cattle were universally derided as a poor substitute for buffalo, and reservation land was often unsuitable for agriculture.
In all, except for the lack of subdivision into Adnani and Qahtani lineages, the genetic data fit remarkably well with the expectations for small nomadic groups in the Arabian Peninsula, and provide independent support for many aspects of the traditional histories of these populations.
Among nomadic groups pottery is either nonexistent or very rudimentary; instead, the nomads use gourds, calabashes, baskets, and fibre pouches.
The deserts of Egypt contain nomadic, seminomadic, and sedentary but formerly nomadic groups, with distinct ethnic characteristics.
Under the Soviets, the Yukaghirs and other small nomadic groups essentially disappeared.
Thetis Travel can organise tailormade tours combined with sightseeing and trips to meet nomadic groups.
Some nomadic groups are associated with a larger society but maintain their mobile way of life.
They wander in nomadic groups, making temporary camps of portable huts.
Mongolian loanwords occur from the 13th century on, notably in varieties of nomadic groups.
In Mali, for example, increasing the power of local governance empowered some groups, but further isolated nomadic groups.
