American government Quote by Laurell K. Hamilton

“Just as the Five Tribes and others were formalizing their tribal governments and running their own programs, legal aid groups were helping nonrecognized tribes…

— Mark Edwin Miller

I don't see tribalism ever really disappearing entirely. I just think that people are almost hardwired to identify as groups. And that sort of…

— Franklin Foer

People are hard-wired for tribal identity.

— Bruce Pavitt

“In existing writings about federally recognized tribes and their engagement with tribal acknowledgment politics, a palpable theme is clear: presently recognized nations are not…

— Mark Edwin Miller

I am extremely conscious of my tribalism. And when you talk about tribalism, you talk about living in a black and white world. I…

— Sherman Alexie

“You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one…

— idowu koyenikan

“A host of scholars – many of whom, like Deloria, have aided petitioning tribes – support the ‘small pie’ theory. They believe that government…

— Mark Edwin Miller

Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity.

— George W. Bush

This is why Indians are thought to be stupid. They can't think, they don't know anything, they say. But we have hidden our identity…

— Rigoberta Menchu

“Confusing the matter is the fact that there are three often-conflicting definitions at play: American Indians are the only people defined as an ethnic…

— Mark Edwin Miller

“Ideally, leaders of the Five Tribes would exercise their sovereignty and be the governments that recognize groups that claim to be their blood kin.…

— Mark Edwin Miller

I think the fact that us as a race still continues to be very tribal and we haven't really moved away from that over…

— Michael Fassbender