Around the fire, tribal elders chanted incantations.
By this time the statistics were not broken down by race (although, interestingly, the tribal breakdown remained).
Often, the sanctions inflicted on those seeking to be elected were as much intra- as inter-ethnic or tribal.
They resisted proposals to dissolve their reservations and distribute tribal resources to individual members.
The use of tribal categories has obscured the tensions and differences within societies as well as the fluidity of inter-tribal boundaries.
Turning many of these elements to its own favor, the government successfully manipulated tribal structures and norms to consolidate its power.
