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tribe

[trahyb] / traɪb /


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A member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, she had served as the secretary of the interior under former president Joe Biden, the first Native American to serve as a US cabinet secretary.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

The point is the conformity itself — the act of obeisance to the tribe, the bending of the knee.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

The tribe traces its history to villages throughout the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Now he says that Sey “is in my tribe, and he is my brother” and “would make an excellent American.”

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Thanks to the Cognitive Revolution, Homo sapiens acquired the ability to say, ‘The lion is the guardian spirit of our tribe.’

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has made land return for California tribes a priority.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Under Newsom’s administration, the state has invested over $200 million in initiatives to help tribes reacquire land, including the Tribal Nature-Based Solutions program, which funded this return.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

He wasn’t the first to encounter them—the Yosemite Native tribes called the trees “wawona,” like the sound made by the northern spotted owl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

They also feature Native American folklore passed down from tribes including the Comanche, Tonkawa and Lipan Apache, which all considered Enchanted Rock a sacred site.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The outcome was that musket technology had spread throughout the whole of New Zealand by 1833: all surviving Maori tribes now had muskets.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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