tribal leaders
Indigenous community elders
Tribal leaders are the chiefs, elders, or other authorities who govern or represent indigenous peoples or ethnic groups organized by kinship and tradition.
The term appears in contexts ranging from Native American governance to African politics to ancient history: Tribal leaders met with federal officials to discuss water rights.
In corporate jargon, tribal leaders may describe informal influencers within an organization.
- headmanLeader of a community
- chieftaincyAuthority of tribal leader
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- matriarchsFemale family rulers
- chiefTop-ranking leader
medicine person · elders · tribal sovereignty · native rights · clan mothers · ancestral lands · village chiefs · big men · council fire · tribal alliances · sachem · spokesperson · peacekeeper · headdress · spiritual guide · warriors · lineage · wisdom
- Tribal Sovereigntytribal nations, tribal sovereignty, federal recognition, tribal governance, tribal councils
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- African politicsNigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Pan-Africanism, Mali
- Caesar's GaulJulius Caesar, Gaul, Gallic Wars, legions, Roman legions
- Old TestamentGenesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, Numbers
- War on TerrorOsama bin Laden, IED, Guantanamo, regime change, troop surge
tribal leaderscentral government
Nation's primary governing body
monarchs · prime ministers · presidents · heads of state · national leaders
tribal leaderscolonizers
Those who establish foreign control
colonial powers · colonial administrators · occupiers · outsiders · invaders