tribes

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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

Their extensive instructions included recording anything of natural and cultural interest, communicating the acquisition to the indigenous people along the way, and negotiating terms with these tribes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Humboldt Bay and the neighboring town of Eureka are home to aquaculture businesses, fisheries, environmental justice organizations, local tribes and many other residents and stakeholders whose opinions on the project differ.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

It does not apply to persons who are not subject to US jurisdiction -- foreign diplomats, for example, and sovereign Native American tribes.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Yet the allied tribes of the Ohio Country continued to fight despite the likely consequences.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz