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- DictionaryTribe/trīb/
noun
- 1. a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader: "indigenous Indian tribes"
- 2. a taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany).
Nov 21, 2023 · In general, a tribe is a group of people who live together and share a common language, culture, or history. Tribes often have a common ancestor and live in their...
4 days ago · (traɪb ) Word forms: plural tribes. collective countable noun. Tribe is sometimes used to refer to a group of people of the same race, language, and customs, especially in a developing country. Some people disapprove of this use. ...three-hundred members of the Xhosa tribe. Synonyms: race, ethnic group, people, family More Synonyms of tribe.
A group of indigenous persons, families, or clans believed to be descended from a common ancestor and forming a close‐knit community under a defined leader, chief, or ruling council. A larger group of bands unified by sodalities and governed by a council of representatives from the bands, kin groups, or sodalities within it.
The international meaning of the English word tribe is a people organized with a non– state government, who typically claim descent from a common founder and who speaks the same language . In addition to their status as legal entities, tribes have political, social, and historical rights and responsibilities.
4 days ago · Problems with the agency’s culture have been raised internally, including to senior leadership, but their responses have been insufficient, the report said. One FDIC executive told the law firm ...
3 days ago · Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Director: Wes Ball. Cast: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon. Run time: 2hr 25m. In the film's first big action set piece, Noa's village is ...
2 days ago · Start Preamble AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object/object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian ...
