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tribe

[trahyb] / traɪb /


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Roughly 400 years ago, a member of the Indigenous Potano-Timucua tribe shaped a small clay vessel by hand.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The tribe has some 1,500 members and one of the most sophisticated energy enterprises in the American West.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"My mom's side has always been involved with the Muscogee tribe and traditions and I've grown up around it," he said.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The 40-year Treasury-bond bull market rested on three supports, and almost nobody explains all three, because each belongs to a different tribe of economists.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

The tribe, led by one of its greatest chiefs, James Bigheart—who spoke seven languages, among them Sioux, French, English, and Latin, and who had taken to wearing a suit—was able to forestall the process.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Angie Wade, the tribal historic preservation officer for Chickaloon Village, one of the tribes involved in the lawsuit against the mine, said rampant mining has devastated Chickaloon areas in decades past.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

“Our tribes are trying to become self-sufficient, and without some type of economic engine we’re not going to,” says Greg Encelewski, a leader of the Ninilchik, a local tribe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The project, called Hell’s Kitchen, also failed to adequately involve local tribes in assessing the effect on cultural resources, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The project still faces significant opposition from environmentalists, local Indian tribes and the state of California.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

These tribes retained some of the political complexity of the Cahokian culture.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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