tribes

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The bill represents the latest chapter in a region legendary for fierce battles over logging, and it marks an uncommon alliance between tribes and the environmental movement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

Chasing Horse, who is also known as Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, had a reputation as a medicine man among Indigenous tribes across the US and Canada.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The land wasn’t empty, and Native American tribes fought fiercely to defend it in alliance with the British, leading Washington to dispatch multiple punitive expeditions to subdue them and exert American control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

But he worries that few locals have formal land titles even though the tribes are recognised by India's constitution.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Of particular interest are the “effigy mounds” in the shape of animals, presumably the totems of the tribes that produced them.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson