tribal
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Federal prosecutors lacked adequate resources and staffing, while tribal courts were capped at three-year sentences, creating loopholes that the worst criminals could exploit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Olstad, who is not a tribal member, is also losing her job.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
That has been understood to mean that people within the United States are subject to the laws here, except for foreign diplomats and, for a time, Native Americans who lived on tribal reservations.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
But it can’t be taken literally; otherwise it would include tribal Indians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
As they left, the man with the tribal marks said to Aunty Ifeoma, waving a stubby finger with a curved nail in her face, “Be careful, be very careful.”
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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