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I really doubt the whole tribe theory. Hazel did not say that he has encountered many. He said "We've dealt with their kind before", meaning that Salem's group has dealt with Silver-Eyed Warriors before. For all we know, he could've meant two or just a few. He never said "many". And there are people who think that may have been hinting that Salem's group killed Summer.

SEWs have been around since before Huntsmen and the Kingdoms (according to Qrow), so something could've happened to them that made the trait rare a long time ago. Maybe there was a huge war between SEWs and Salem's Grimm, and the end result was tons of SEWs getting wiped out and the Grimm becoming less of a threat for a while.