native tribes
Original regional inhabitants
Native tribes are indigenous peoples organized into distinct social and political groups, typically sharing common ancestry, language, and territory.
The phrase appears frequently in historical and legal contexts: The treaty recognized the native tribes' land rights.
In the United States, native tribes have formal government-to-government relationships with the federal government.
The term can sound dated; many prefer specific nation names or terms like Indigenous peoples.
- Amazonian tribesIndigenous groups of South American jungle
- Plains IndiansNative Americans of grasslands
- tribal councilsIndigenous community governments
- tribal eldersSenior community decision-makers
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
ancestral worship · rain dance · oral tradition · clans · oral histories · sacred sites · totem pole · peace pipe · shamanism · forced relocation · treaties · storytelling · colonization · assimilation policies · Maori · vision quests · spirit animals · sovereignty
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
- ancient societiesMaya civilization, Mayan civilization, Aztec Empire, Inca Empire, African kingdoms
- Chesapeake historyChesapeake Bay, watermen, blue crabs, oystering, crabbing
- Florida HistorySt. Augustine, Ponce de Leon, Everglades, Spanish exploration, Seminole
- Lewis and ClarkMeriwether Lewis, Sacagawea, Missouri River, Columbia River, Thomas Jefferson
native tribessettlers
Those who establish homes
colonizers · colonists · immigrants · newcomers · invaders
native tribescolonial powers
Nations that colonized others
colonizers · imperial forces · subjugators · colonial administration · colonial government
native tribesWestern civilization
Euro-American cultural tradition
nation-states · dominant culture · colonial society · colonial empires · empires