| endogamy |
marriage within one's own class, clan, caste, tribe, or other social unit. (Cf. exogamy.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Erie |
a member of an American Indian tribe that lived in the region south of this lake. [1/2 definitions] |
| exogamy |
marriage outside of one's tribe or similar social unit. (Cf. endogamy.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Flathead |
any member of several Indian tribes in the northwest United States, esp. a Salishan tribe of Montana. |
| gens |
in anthropology, a tribe or clan tracing descent through the male line. [1/2 definitions] |
| Haida |
a member of an American Indian tribe of British Columbia and Alaska. [2 definitions] |
| headman |
a leader or chief, as of a tribe or clan. [1/2 definitions] |
| Hobbamock |
member of the Wampanoag Indian tribe of North America who had a special status as a counselor to the tribe's chief, Chief Massasoit, and as an interpreter for English colonists living alongside the tribe in Plymouth Colony in the 1620s. |
| Hopi |
a member of a tribe of Pueblo American Indians of northeastern Arizona. [2 definitions] |
| horde |
a wandering or conquering group or tribe, as of Asian nomads. [1/3 definitions] |
| Iroquoian |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that speaks one of these languages. [2/3 definitions] |
| Ishmaelite |
a member of a tribe considered to be descended from Ishmael and the progenitor of the Arab peoples. [1/2 definitions] |
| Kalmuck |
a member of a Buddhist Mongol tribe of northwestern China and the lower Volga River region. [2 definitions] |
| kindred |
a group of related people, such as a tribe or clan. [1/4 definitions] |
| Kutenai |
a member of a tribe of North American Indians of the northwestern United States and western Canada. [2 definitions] |
| Levite |
according to the Old Testament, a member of the tribe of Levi. |
| Mahican |
a member of a tribe or confederacy of North American Indians formerly living in the upper Hudson Valley. [1/2 definitions] |
| Manasseh |
a tribe of Israel descended from him. [1/2 definitions] |
| Massachuset |
a member of an Indian tribe that lived in the region of Massachusetts. [2 definitions] |
| Massasoit |
chief of the Wampanoag Indian tribe of North America in the early 17th century who negotiated a peace treaty in 1621 with English colonists who had settled at Plymouth Rock; born Ousamequin (b.1580?--d.1661). |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |