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My guess is that the 'tribe' is based on The Lost Boys from Peter Pan. They are a group of orphans who fell through the cracks of the system in Mistral (which I feel is probably quite weak, given the amount of lawlessness Qrow said is endemic in the kingdom) and are living the life of pillaging outlaws to survive. Some of the new recruits are street kids picked up out of places the tribe visits without flattening the place in the process and some are the children of existing tribe members.

It is possible that Emerald might be a former member of the tribe or at least has knowledge of them and their ways if Cinder picked her up somewhere in Mistral/Haven.