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

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

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

That radiation can serve as a model for the longer, larger-scale, and less understood radiation of societies on different continents since the end of the last Ice Age, to become variously hunter-gatherer tribes and empires.

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