Suku Bajau yang awalnya dikenal hidup secara nomaden di atas perahu, kini telah menetap di permukiman. Pembentukan permukiman mereka di tengah laut tak lepas dari peran intervensi pemerintah dan masyarakat Bajau sendiri. Mereka tetap mempertahankan tradisi berbasis alam laut dalam menjalankan keseharian, bersamaan masuknya pemerintah dengan kuasa menggagas elemen permukimannya. Skripsi ini membahas bentuk intervensi pemerintah terhadap Suku Bajau melalui pola permukiman. Pola-pola yang terjadi diulas dengan pendekatan vernakular dan taktik masyarakat. Melalui keterkaitan antar pola ditelusuri porsi peran pemerintah dan Suku Bajau dalam permukiman.

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Bajau tribe originally known as a nomadic people who lived on the boat, now has settled in the settlement. Formation of their settlement in the middle of the sea could not be separated from the role of government intervention and Bajau communities themselves. They still maintain the sea nature-based tradition in their daily life, along with the government power initiated the inclusion of elements in settlement. This undergraduate thesis discusses the forms of government intervention in the Bajau tribe through settlement patterns. The patterns that occur observed with vernacular approaches and society tactic. Portion of government's role and Bajau tribe in the settlement traced through the linkages between patterns.