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tribe

[trahyb] / traɪb /


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Tayaba’s tribe has opposed the Newsom administration’s push to build the Delta Conveyance Project, a 45-mile tunnel that would transport water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The product is the tribe; the order is the performance; the smoothie shop is a clubhouse.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

"They've been here in a foreign land for more than a century," Dr Vihuto Asumi, President of the Sumî Hoho Naga tribe, said of the remains.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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

Our Tribal Youth Council adviser had pointed out that the real tribe named in the story hadn’t received any compensation.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

It is one of around 40 similar suits brought by cities, states, tribes and other local jurisdictions, modeled on successful litigation against tobacco and opioid producers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

At the behest of the army, the institute brought together 30 elders of warring tribes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The state is responsible for about 10% of conserved land, with nonprofits, local governments, tribes and other entities making up the rest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The Konyaks are one of Nagaland's 17 major tribes, concentrated in the eastern district of Mon, where such chiefs are known as Anghs.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Chief Powhatan ordered his tribes to stop trading with the settlers at James Town.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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