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tribe<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Broadly, a discrete group of people characterized by sociological, cultural, and familial links <\/strong><Celtic\u00a0tribes of Gaul>.\u00a0 *\u00a0 A tribe is not necessarily a united and cohesive sociological group.\u00a0 The term is also used loosely to refer to any group, such as a family <\/strong><the Kincaid tribe>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

tribe<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(pertaining to American Indian law)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2. <\/strong>American Indian law.<\/em> A definable group or organized band or pueblo of American Indians, especially those residing\u00a0<\/strong>on one reservation.\u00a0 <\/strong>See 25 USCA \u00a7 479<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cBy a \u2018tribe\u2019 we understand a body of Indians of the same or a similar race, united in a community under one leadership<\/span>\u00a0or government, and inhabiting a particular though sometimes ill-defined territory; by a \u2018band,\u2019 a company of Indians not necessarily, though often of the same race or tribe, but united under the same leadership in a common design.<\/span>\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

Indian<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A member of the aboriginal race which inhabited the continents of North America and South America at the time of the discovery by Columbus.\u00a0 27 Am J1st Indians \u00a7 2<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. A word descriptive of race, that is, the red race, so that a white man or negro does not become an \u201cIndian\u201d by adoption into an Indian tribe.\u00a0 27 Am J1st Indians \u00a7 2<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. In a meaning secondary in the United States, a person of India. If born or naturalized in the United States, a citizen of the United States and of the state wherein he resides. 3 Am J2d Aliens \u00a7 116<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See mestizo; mixed blood<\/em>; pueblo dwellers<\/em>;\u00a0<\/span>reservation Indians<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

Indian tribe<\/span>:
\n<\/strong><\/span>(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A group, band, nation; or other or organized group of indigenous American people, including any Alaskan native village, that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the U.S. government because of Indian status (42 USCA\u00a0\u00a7 9601(36)<\/a>); such group having a federally recognized governing body that carries out substantial governmental duties and powers over an. area (42 USCA\u00a7 3001(14); 40 CFR \u00a7 146.3).\u00a0 *\u00a0 A tribe may be identified in various ways, especially by past dealings with other tribes or with the federal, state, or local government, or by recognition in historical records. <\/strong>aka federally recognized tribe<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A body of Indians, united in a community under one leadership or government, and\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>inhabiting a particular territory.\u00a0 27 Am J1st Indians \u00a7 4<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian chief<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The leader or a tribe.\u00a0 That officer of an Indian nation, such as the Cherokee Nation, who\u00a0<\/span>discharges the duties which usually pertain to the office of governor.\u00a0 Whltsett v Forehand<\/em>, 79 NC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>230, 233<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian band<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A company of Indians, not necessarily, though often, of the same race or tribe, united under the same leadership in a common design. Connors v United States<\/em>, 180 US 271, 45 L Ed 525, 21 S Ct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>362<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian nation<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A large tribe of Indians, or a group\u00a0<\/span>of affiliated tribes, as, bear witness, the Iroquois.\u00a0\u00a027 Am J1st Indians \u00a76<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian maize (maze)<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. In the very broad sense fo the term, “corn” is grain, but in this country, “corn” means the grain of the plant of maize, often called Indian corn.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indian war<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A war in which American Indians engaged the whites.\u00a0 27 Am J1st Indlans \u00a7 12<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>[3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/em><\/a> by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Montoya v. U.S<\/em><\/a>., 180 U.S. 261, 266, 21 S.Ct. 358, 359 (1901).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0with Pronunciations
\n<\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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