Tribal name
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A tribal name is a name of an ethnic tribe
—usually of ancient origin, which represented its self-identity.
Studies of Native American tribal names show that most had an original meaning comparable to "human
," "people" "us"—the "tribal" name for itself was often the localized ethnic self-perception of the general word for "human being."
Tribe
A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists...
—usually of ancient origin, which represented its self-identity.
Studies of Native American tribal names show that most had an original meaning comparable to "human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
," "people" "us"—the "tribal" name for itself was often the localized ethnic self-perception of the general word for "human being."