She said that women had played an important part in Cherokee government and tribal life in the past.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Partnerships between public, private and tribal groups can help to provide the resources needed to protect America's birds.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Her last name was an old term of respect for Indian warriors who guarded tribal villages.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Brian Jungen's sculptures skillfully explore both mass culture and tribal culture in new and interesting ways.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Tribal leaders also discussed ways that climate change and warmer temperatures were affecting their communities.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

He also signed an agreement requiring all federal agencies to organize within ninety days a plan to improve communication with tribal groups about government policy decisions.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

His father,a tribal chief, did not think basketball was "good work for a Dinka."

VOA: special.2010.07.05

The tribal chiefs asked for the president's help with problems facing their people.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Tribal leaders asked the government to keep white men away from the reservation.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

Tribal nations do better when they make their own decisions.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

Talk about President Obama's recent meeting with tribal nations .

VOA: special.2009.11.13

looks like a fierce tribal chief standing straight and tall.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

It has been asking state governments to give priority to development projects aimed at providing livelihood for tribal groups.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Unmanned American drone planes that strike suspected terrorist targets in Pakistan's tribal areas are routinely denounced as violations of Pakistan's sovereignty.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Also Thursdaya suspected U.S.missile strike killed at least 12 people believed to be militants in the nearby North Waziristan tribal region.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Analysts say that Mr.Karzai also has been cutting political deals with local ethnic and tribal leaders to ensure his re-election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

Nearly two weeks ago, Pakistan's military launched an offensive in the South Waziristan tribal region against Pakistani Taliban militants based there.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The Navajo Nation has its own elders, laws,tribal government, and police force that is vigilant at enforcing speed limits.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

But Waziristan, just south of the valley in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, presents a very different challenge for the military.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

Clinton ended her three-day trip to Pakistan Friday by meeting leaders from the volatile tribal areas and the North West Frontier Province.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

The prime minister was referring to the growing influence of armed Maoist rebels in poor and underdeveloped regions inhabited by tribal groups.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

He is in fact the center of everything for the whole Taliban movement in Pakistan and in the tribal area, including Swat.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

On Saturday, militants with ties to Punjab, as well as the South Waziristan tribal region, assaulted the Pakistani army's headquarters in Rawalpindi.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but officials say the tribal elders killed had opposed the Taliban in the region.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

The tribal areas he controls have served as a major safe haven for al-Qaida and other terrorist groups.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

For more than eight years, U.S.drone aircraft have fired missiles at scores of suspected Taliban and al-Qaida leaders in Pakistan's volatile tribal region.

VOA: standard.2009.03.19