0 a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities -- 部落；部族
A brief description of each of the six tribes follows.
Despite all these influences the tribes retained much of their own culture and social practice.
There are examples of large gene frequency differences both between and within tribes that are not always easy to explain in terms of historical ethnography.
Raids by the indigenous tribes, however, were quite rare ; the numerous creeks and marshes which surrounded the estancia formed a natural line of defence.
Second, it tries to show the complex relationship between individual identification and collective identification, especially the formation of criminal tribes.
Recognising the tribes' intrinsic love of music, missionaries taught them to sing hymns and to understand religious doctrine through the texts of hymns.
Unable to earn a living by cultivation or soldiering, these tribes 'reverted' to a life of vagrancy and crime.
In this they failed, owing to the fact that there were no discrete tribes.
