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.
The state was therefore effectively insulated from the tribal power holders who had overthrown previous dynasts and dynasties.
Such division was often met by those who had held large feudal estates, and by the tribal leaders, with displeasure and opposition.
Issues of fossil collecting from tribal lands are raised here too.
