tribal territories
Native group domains
Tribal territories are lands historically occupied, controlled, or claimed by indigenous peoples or tribal nations.
The term appears in legal and political contexts regarding sovereignty, land rights, and governance: The pipeline was rerouted around tribal territories.
In historical usage, it often described regions before colonial boundaries were imposed.
The phrase can also apply loosely to any area claimed by a distinct group or faction.
- ancestral landsFamily territory through generations
- land claimsAssertions of property ownership
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- reservation landsTerritory set aside for tribes
- land rightsLegal claims to territory
sovereignty · federal recognition · buffer zones · jurisdiction · self-determination · territorial boundaries · sacred sites · medicine wheel · allotment · treaties · tribal councils · blood quantum · trade networks · winter camps · ceremonial grounds · forced relocation · demarcation · buffalo
tribal territoriescolonial territories
Areas controlled by empires
tribal territoriesnation-states
Self-governing territorial polities
federal territory · state lands · national territory · sovereign states · metropolitan areas
tribal territoriesprivate property
Individually owned assets
commercial real estate · state lands · subdivisions · industrial zones · public lands