Complex sentence: While living in these encampments during his youth, Django became proficient at stealing chickens, which was viewed as a noble skill by the Romani, because part of their means of survival on the road was to steal from non-Gypsy world around them.
Split into simpler sentences: While living in these encampments during his youth, Django became a proficient robber of chickens. This was viewed as a noble skill by his people, the Romani, because stealing was part of their survival on the road to steal from non-Gypsy world around them.