tribal councils
Native governing bodies
Tribal councils are governing bodies of Indigenous peoples, typically elected or appointed to manage internal affairs, make decisions for the community, and represent the tribe in dealings with outside governments.
In the United States, tribal councils exercise sovereignty over reservation lands and administer programs for education, health, and law enforcement: The tribal council voted to ban alcohol on the reservation.
The term also applies to similar bodies among Indigenous groups in Canada and elsewhere.
- treaty rightsPact-secured legal entitlements
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- dispute resolutionSettling conflicts formally
- consensus buildingAchieving group accord collaboratively
tribal law · sovereignty · federal recognition · quorum · land claims · reservation land · jurisdiction · representative · education programs · talking circle · infrastructure · ordinances · resource management · court systems · legal codes · voting system · treaties · environmental stewardship
- heritage groupshistorical societies, Scottish clans, cultural centers, Knights of Columbus, heritage festivals
- ArabiaSaudi Arabia, Mecca, Medina, Kaaba, Riyadh
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- Indigenous CanadaFirst Nations, Metis, Inuit, Cree, Ojibwe
- Indigenous cultureancestors, ancestry, ancestral lands, ancestral lineage, animal totems
tribal councilsfederal government
Centralized national ruling body
central government · national parliament · state legislature · imperial government · monarchy
tribal councilsfederal government
Centralized national ruling body
central government · state bureaucracy · national government · foreign rule · colonial rule