tribal community
Ancestral kinship society
A tribal community is a social group united by shared ancestry, culture, language, or territory, typically with traditional governance structures distinct from the surrounding state.
The term appears in legal and anthropological contexts: Federal law recognizes over 500 tribal communities in the United States.
It can also describe any tight-knit group with strong collective identity and informal boundaries.
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- sweat lodgeHeated structure for ritual purification
- eldersSenior community members
- talking circleStructured group dialogue format
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
medicine wheel · blood ties · extended family · oral traditions · coming of age · clans · territory · reservation land · indigenous knowledge · communal living · tribal councils · ancestry · land rights · colonial impact · land stewardship · sacred sites · cultural preservation · fire
- ethnic communitiesethnic enclave, minority group, Chinatown, Little Italy, Little Tokyo
- small townssmall town, hamlet, town, village, settlement
- utopiasUtopia, Plato's Republic, ideal society, paradise, Eden
tribal communitynation-state
Sovereign political territory
empire · federal government · sovereign nation · superpower · constitutional republic
tribal communityindustrial society
Civilization centered on manufacturing
gated community · online community · cosmopolitan city · suburban sprawl · global village