Papua New Guinea is predominantly Christian, but many communities combine their faith with tribal traditions.
After retiring, he lived part-time in Alaska, fishing, hunting and working briefly as a tribal doctor.
She wrote "Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir, " a book about her ancestors' experiences in the Spanish missions.
The Pakistani army rescued most of them, while remaining hostages were freed after tribal elders negotiated their release.
Or are people hiding behind tribal conflict when it's, in fact, a political conflict?
Tribal, professional and collegiate relationships of trust are harder to shut down than phone lines.
This is usually in an area such as Pakistan's tribal region, where police have no control.
Second, technical and legal issues exist in contracting a site-specific project on tribal lands.
Many Tikrit townspeople have family or tribal ties to the government and the Republican Guard.
So the tribal leaders, in Samarra especially, were left with no weapons, no power.
In some areas, he has worked closely with tribal figures opposed to the moves.
Watching the slides is Majda Bakir, a 53-year-old woman with tribal tattoos on her face.
But such snatches are a form of traditional tribal bargaining, and tend to end peacefully.
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Recently his aides met with Sunni Arab tribal leaders who have turned on al-Qaida.
The new changes have already resulted in federal disaster assistance going directly to tribal communities.
He will stay on a farm and visit a "marae" - a sacred Maori tribal home.
Her family consulted tribal elders in the town who ordered that he be stoned.
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He also claims that Gen Otema is compromised by his tribal links with Kony.
In one town, Sulaiman Pek, government officials and religious and tribal leaders forged a peace deal.
The fusion of religion and politics was in effect religion providing legitimacy to tribal authority.
The government set about soothing tribal rivalries by sharing cabinet posts between clans and sub-clans.
Prospects for peace are further dimmed by the intransigence of some of the Baluchi tribal leaders.
Oddly, the explosion of tribal gambling outfits is one reason for Reno's economic recovery.
Yet the tribe must deduct and withhold income taxes from gambling revenues paid to tribal members.
Yet the years had worn down what had once been an enormous tribal pride.
Among other accomplishments, it has helped revive the tradition of craft production and tribal rug weaving.
The province has 24 districts, while FATA comprises seven tribal agencies and six frontier regions.
Pent-up grievances fester, and the suppression of tribal and religious identity can lead to violence.
Peshawar borders Pakistan's volatile tribal areas, where many of the country's militants are based.
Recently I was on a train to DC, thinking about human beings as tribal creatures.
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