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tribal

[trahy-buhl] / ˈtraɪ bəl /
ADJECTIVE
of or characteristic of a tribe or tribes
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College football is a major industry that gets rendered as a goofy universe of tribal rivalries, silly mascots and overheated debate.

From The Wall Street Journal

A tribal nation has declared the Colorado River a legal person.

From Los Angeles Times

A third exception discussed explicitly by the framers of the 14th Amendment was Native Americans, who at the time were understood to be under the jurisdiction of their tribal government as a separate sovereign.

From Salon

It also said that Greenpeace attempted to deprive the project of funding by falsely claiming the pipeline would encroach on tribal land.

From The Wall Street Journal

Inside this edition, Cranach's map presents the stations of the wilderness wanderings and the division of the Promised Land into twelve tribal regions.

From Science Daily