Penan

The Penan are the only nomadic tribe in Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo.

Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo 2008

"The Penan are a gentle and softly spoken people with a highly egalitarian society and little gender division.

Discussion Forum - Geeks! Ather 2009

"The Penan are a gentle and softly spoken people with a highly egalitarian society and little gender division.

Discussion Forum - Geeks! 2009

However, Penan children, these days miles away at school, have lost much of their elders' culture and information—which is just as significant for us as for them because, as Mr. Linden writes, "such ecological connections could be invaluable to scientists trying to understand the dynamics and vulnerabilities of the local ecosystem."

Far-Flung Observations Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

One example he gives is of an elusive butterfly in the highlands of Borneo, and the significance of its appearance to the Penan, a nomadic tribe of hunters and gatherers.

Far-Flung Observations Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

Apparently, the Penan timed their hunting of wild boar to the sighting of the butterfly, and there's a relationship between the two connected to the fruiting pattern of a particular tree.

Far-Flung Observations Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

A flight to Kuching on the island of Borneo, a shuttle to the office of Penan Tours, where I'm to meet a Mr. Pelu.

Unexplored Territory Luke Tennis 2011

In Malaysia, Penan communities took action to stop deforestation by setting up two blockades, successfully causing "timber giant, Samling, to withdraw its bulldozers from the Penan's rainforests".

James Boyce: What's Up With the Rainforest: United States has higher percentage of forest loss than Brazil 2010

The relocated Penan now cannot hunt, and struggle to support themselves on tiny plots of land.

Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns 2010

The Three Gorges Corporation, firm behind the controversial Three Gorges dam, which has displaced more than a million people from around the Yangtze river in the last 20 years, has been contracted to build a dam on the land of the Penan tribe in Sarawak.

Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns 2010