Tribe
A tribe was a type of social group, at a much smaller and simpler level than a nation. Tribal social structures occurred in many cultures, to the point that the word was considered a common root word, useful in comparing related languages. Tribal structures were associated with more primitive levels of development. () However, some cultures were too primitive to even form tribes; these tended to form loose associations instead. ()

Governing structures of tribes could include tribal councils, tribal elders, and even tribal law. (; )

Doctor Leonard McCoy remarked that Apollo would have seemed like a god to the tribesmen of early Greece. ()

During the 16th century, according to Q, Humans were murdering each other in quarrels over tribal god-images. ()

In 1680, several Native American tribes banded together to overthrow their Spanish overlords. ()

Inhabitants of Gamma Trianguli VI lived in what was described as a tribal village. ()

While on Omega IV, Captain James T. Kirk compared the United States of America to a tribe while trying to explain it to the Yangs, themselves a tribal culture. ()

 had subject tribes on Tiburon, and was known for experimenting with their body chemistry. ()

Mordanites, while having some sophistication, were still ruled by tribal family units. ()

Fleet Admiral Charles Vance described the Vulcans and the Romulans as "two tribes from the same species that went their separate ways." ()

Known tribes 
:/Xam Abathwa
Drakian Forest dwellers
Karis Tribe of Delios VII ()
Taqua Tribe of Nagor ()
Nobelia Prime natives
Māori
Ten Tribes of Capella
Yang tribes of Omega IV
Tribesmen of early Greece
Native American tribes (Human)
Comanche
Delaware
Hopi
Mayan
Mohican
Navajo
Rubber Tree People
Chakotay's tribe
The unnamed tribes involved in the Pueblo Revolt

See also 
 Tribal memory
 Tribal priestess
 Band
 Clan
 Pack

External link 
 
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