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A tribal chief, chieftain, or headman is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
tribalchief, chieftain, or headman is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal...
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heterogeneous tribal groups across the Indian subcontinent. The term is a Sanskrit word coined in the 1930s by political activists to give the tribal people...
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Arabic language, literally meaning "elder". It commonly designates a tribalchief or royal family member of the United Arab Emirates (since the ruler of...
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current Miko or tribalchief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is Cyrus Ben. Ben was elected in 2019, defeating incumbent tribalchief Phyliss J....
conquest, there were around 60 chiefs. By the time India gained independence from the British Empire, the number of tribalchiefs had increased to over 200...
term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribalchief (zipa) or king of the Muisca people, an indigenous people of the Altiplano...
2010) was a Native American political leader, the democratically elected TribalChief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. This federally recognized...
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princess by way of marriage to a prince or as the daughter of a king or tribalchief. The thirteen characters in the franchise consist of Snow White, Cinderella...
the notice of the incumbent Principal Chief, Ross Swimmer, who invited her to run as his deputy in the 1983 tribal elections. When the duo won, she became...
Sudanese Arab tribalchief and militia leader and adviser to the Sudanese Minister of Internal Affairs. His Um Jalul clan exercised tribal leadership of...
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Sleeves"), or Dasoda-hae (c. 1793 – January 18, 1863) was an Apache tribalchief and a member of the Mimbreño (Tchihende) division of the Central Apaches...
as Miko or TribalChief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians from 2007 to 2011. He is the third person to be elected as TribalChief since the tribe...
the Alfred Nzo District Municipality and the villages are ruled by the Tribalchief with intermediary borders. Its name in Xhosa is KwaBhaca, or "village...
one the richest tribalchiefs in the region since his lands produced the best wheat in Syria and headed one of the most influential tribal confederation...
The following are some of the tribal names in Pakistan. Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names...
Indian or white. The effect of his reclassification has been described by tribal members as "paper genocide". After the United States entered WWII many Powhatans...
Gond tribal king Nareshchandra Singh was the Chief Minister from 13 to 25 March 1969] "Museums for Tribal Freedom Fighters". Ministry of Tribal Affairs...