tribal territory
Native group's region
Tribal territory is land historically occupied, controlled, or claimed by a particular tribe or indigenous group.
The term appears in legal, historical, and anthropological contexts: The railroad cut through tribal territory without permission.
It may refer to formally recognized reservations or to ancestral lands predating colonial boundaries.
Figuratively, tribal territory can describe any domain claimed by a particular group: You're venturing into their tribal territory with that opinion.
- homelandOne's native land
- ancestral homeFamily's original dwelling place
- native soilOne's country of origin
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
hunting grounds · hunting party · native · indigenous · clan · boundaries · sacred land · sacred ground · domain · nation · borderlands · sovereignty · elders · heritage · oral tradition · encampment · chieftain · communal
- Southern African HistoryDutch settlers, rock art, cave paintings, Iron Age, Cape of Good Hope
- tribal cultureclan mother, common ancestry, clan loyalty, elder council, kinship ties
- tribal lifetribesman, chieftain, elder council, warrior, hunter
- tribal societychief, chieftain, clan, elders, headman
- tribal landsreservations, reservation land, indigenous land, indigenous lands, treaty lands
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
tribal territoryfederal land
Government-owned territory
federal territory · state land · national territory · crown land · government land
tribal territoryurban area
Densely developed inhabited zone
city limits · industrial zone · metropolitan area · suburban sprawl · municipality
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