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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 also created an endowment, the Permanent Fund, to support the tribal government and provide services to members.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 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

"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

Most of the TB tribe came around to endorsing the idea, and in a final compromise, WHO placed the second-line antibiotics in an annex to its essential drugs list.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The result has been a surge of activity in recent years, much of it spearheaded by the tribes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The tribes also have worked together after rains to orchestrate rescue missions for chi that are trapped in puddles, offshoots and agricultural ditches.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

It also directs state officials to seek agreements with Native American tribes to integrate their traditional knowledge into managing the land.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

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

Most other peoples—including all those of Australia and New Guinea, many Pacific islands, much of the Americas, and small parts of sub-Saharan Africa—lived as farming tribes or even still as hunter-gatherer bands using stone tools.

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




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