subtribal
- adjective
- /sʌbˈtraɪbəl/
- The study focused on the role of subtribal leaders in maintaining cultural traditions within the larger tribe.
- subtribal chief
- subtribal structure
Examples
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Two of the three subtribal chiefs perished during the Walapai War.
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When the Indian Claims Commission perpetuated Pai testimony in 1953, Pine Springs Band elder John Matuck described subtribal leadership:
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Also, there may have been a fourth "subtribal" regional category.
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Such federal efforts provide absolutely no evidence relevant to the nature of the Pai band and subtribal structure prior to 1866-69.
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As with regional bands, "social cohesion" explains little regarding Pai subtribal structure and function.
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With all these elements missing, the idea of official Pal "subtribal chiefs" with real power over numerous scattered bands rings false.
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Participation of Havasupais shows that eastern band members recognized the authority of the Pai subtribal chiefs.
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According to this view, the three "subtribal chiefs" signed the toll road treaty in 1865 and then forbade further Pai attacks on non-Indian travelers.
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Thus, it follows that later Pal informants were not aware of the preconquest existence of "subtribes" and hereditary "subtribal chiefs"; those traditions, and knowledge of them, had been lost.
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The following year, after a Prescott teamster killed "subtribal chief" Wauba Yuma, Pai raiding resumed, presumably at the direction of the other "subtribal chiefs."
Academic text (1999)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subtribal breaks into sub- and tribe, where sub- means 'below' or 'under', as in submarine, and tribe means 'a group of people'. So subtribal means a smaller group inside a larger tribe, which is why it describes local groups or identities within a tribe.
