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In 1991, the Indian anthropologist T. N. Pandit offered coconuts while standing in shallow water, floating them toward tribespeople who waded out to receive them.
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Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
In internet photos, the tribespeople’s blades shine.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
In dramatizing the horrific killings of oil-rich Osage tribespeople by murderously greedy white men, our reigning master of the American crime epic directs his gaze and ours toward America’s foundational crimes.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
Another tactic, the French activist recounted, to communicate that outsiders are not welcome: tribespeople turn around and squat as if to defecate.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
On Tuesday, clashes reportedly broke out between the Meitei community and some tribespeople.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 5 May 2023
By contrast, Germany last year apologized to Namibia for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople more than a century ago, officially described it as genocide for the first time and agreed to fund projects worth over a billion euros.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 June 2022
So do children, or remote tribespeople, instinctively understand that two parallel lines never cross?
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011
When Hindu groups showed up, some tribespeople sacrificed cows, a holy animal for Hindus.
—Sheikh Saaliq, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022
Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
In internet photos, the tribespeople’s blades shine.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
In dramatizing the horrific killings of oil-rich Osage tribespeople by murderously greedy white men, our reigning master of the American crime epic directs his gaze and ours toward America’s foundational crimes.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
Another tactic, the French activist recounted, to communicate that outsiders are not welcome: tribespeople turn around and squat as if to defecate.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
On Tuesday, clashes reportedly broke out between the Meitei community and some tribespeople.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 5 May 2023
By contrast, Germany last year apologized to Namibia for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople more than a century ago, officially described it as genocide for the first time and agreed to fund projects worth over a billion euros.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 June 2022
So do children, or remote tribespeople, instinctively understand that two parallel lines never cross?
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011
When Hindu groups showed up, some tribespeople sacrificed cows, a holy animal for Hindus.
—Sheikh Saaliq, ajc, 23 Nov. 2022
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“Tribespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tribespeople. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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