The Hardfoot Tribe was a settlement in the Mojave desert, with a small farming community having built up around the village, and a number of domesticated Gecko's, the Tribe was a thriving village well into the year 2178, the year when a number of explorers from Vault 14 began to explore the remains of the United States, they remained in the village for some time, teaching the Tribals about the wastes around them, feeding their lust for knowledge and prosperity.