What Is A Tribe? Who Names A Tribe?

WHAT IS A TRIBE? LETS START FIRST WITH THE DEFINITION. WE WILL DEAL WITH ENGLISH FIRST, WHICH OF COURSE IS GRAFTED FROM OTHER LANGUAGES TO GIVE US THIS SO CALLED AMERICAN LANGUAGE. I WILL USE THE DEFINITIONARY IN MY BOOK COLLECTION AND THE ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PUBLISHED BY AMERICAN HERITAGE PUBLISHING COMPANY INCORPORATED AND HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY COPYWRITE 1969, 1970 THIRD PRINTING, THE WORD "TRIBE" IS "DEFINED" AS : NOUN 1. ANY OF VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION COMPRISING SEVERAL LOCAL VILLAGES, BANDS, DISTRICTS, LINEAGES, OR OTHER GROUPS AND SHARING A COMMON ANCESTRY, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND NAME. NOTE: IN THIS DICTIONARY, TRIBE IS USED FOR CONVENIENCE TO DESIGNATE ALL NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLES, EVEN THOUGH ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THEM ACTUALLY HAD TRIBAL ORGANIZATION. 2. A POLITICAL, ETHNIC, OR ANCESTRAL DIVISION OF ANCIENT STATES AND CULTURES SPECIFICALLY: A. ANY OF THE THREE DIVISIONS OF THE ANCIENT ROMANS, NAMELY, THE LATIN, SABINE, AND ETRUSCAN. B. ANY OF THE 12 DIVISIONS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. C. A PHYLE OF ANCIENT GREECE. 3. A GROUP OF PERSONS WITH A COMMON OCCUPATION, INTEREST, OR HABIT. 4. INFORMAL. A LARGE FAMILY. 5. BIOLOGY. A TAXONOMIC CATEGORY SOMETIMES PLACED BETWEEN A FAMILY AND A GENUS. MIDDLE ENGLISH TRIBU, FROM LATIN TRIBUS, DIVISION OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE, FROM ETRUSCAN.

NOW, ACCORDING TO THE ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY THE WORD TRIBE IS: tribe (n.) mid-13c., "one of the twelve divisions of the ancient Hebrews," from Old French tribu or directly from Latin tribus "one of the three political/ethnic divisions of the original Roman state" (Tites, Ramnes, and Luceres, corresponding, perhaps, to the Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans), later, one of the 30 political divisions instituted by Servius Tullius (increased to 35 in 241 B.C.E.), of unknown origin. Perhaps from tri- "three" + *bheue-, root of the verb be. Others connect the word with the PIE root *treb- "a dwelling" (see tavern). In the Biblical sense, which was the original one in English, the Latin word translates Greek phyle "race or tribe of men, body of men united by ties of blood and descent, a clan" (see phylo-). Extension to modern ethnic groups or races of people is from 1590s, specifically "a division of a barbarous race of people, usually distinguishable in some way from their congeners, united into a community under a recognized head or chief" [Century Dictionary], but colloquially of any aggregate of individuals of a kind.

SO A TRIBE IS A COLLECTIVE OF FAMILIES TIED BY BLOOD, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, LAND, ANCESTRY, ETC. POINT BEING ANY FAMILY IS A TRIBE WITHIN A TRIBE. THE WORD HAS BEEN DEFINED IN THIS LANGUAGE, BUT IF YOU NEVER SPOKE A WORD, YOU INSTINCTIVELY KNOW YOUR TRIBE. ELDERS, PARENTS, SIBLINGS, AND ALLIANCES. THE ALLIANCE WITH OTHER FAMILIES=TRIBES IS THE EXPANSION OF THE TRIBE=FAMILY. EXPANSION IS LIKE GROWTH. YOUR FAMILY=TRIBE GROWS. SOMETIMES TRIBES CAN BE INVADED AND FORCED TO MIX WITH OTHER FAMILIES=TRIBES AGAINST THEIR WILL. THIS IS THE CASE WITH THE CONQUERED. THIS IS THE CASE WITH WHAT IS CALLED AMERICA.

JUST BECAUSE U.S. CORP HAS DONE SHADY BUSINESS WITH THE FAMILIES THEY MET WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THESE SHORES WE HAVE AT HAND WHAT IS AT HAND. SEE THE FAMILY NAME WE AS NATIVES IN AMERICA LIKE THOMAS, HUGHES, WALKER, WALTON, WILSON,ETC. TIES BACK TO A FAMILY BUSINESS CAUSE FAMILY IS BUSINESS. UNLESS SOME OF THESE FAMILIES WITH THESE NAMES WERE DARK SKINNED PEOPLE FROM THE PLACES THOSE NAMES ORIGINATE LIKE SCOTLAND, GERMANY, ENGLAND, ETC., THEN I WOULD HAVE TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS A NAME FORCED ONTO YOUR FAMILY=TRIBE. ITS FUNNY WHEN NATIVE AMERICANS WHO KNOW THIS BASIC TRUTH ABOUT TRIBES AND FAMILY TIES, WHO DID BUSINESS WITH THESE INVADERS, AND ARE NOW RECEIVING BENEFITS AND SMALL PORTIONS OF THE LAND THAT WAS LEFT IN THEIR CARE BY THE FAMILIES=TRIBES, PRETEND LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW THE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR ANCESTORS NOR HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR THEM.

WE HAVE BEEN MISUSED AS THE PEOPLE THE CARETAKERS THE NATIVES FROM NATAL=BORN HERE AND THERE. WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE CAUSE HERE IS WHERE WE ARE. WE HAVE BEEN MISREPRESENTED ON MANY LEVELS.

SO SINCE A TRIBE=FAMILY, WHO NAMES THE FAMILY=TRIBE? TRIBES=FAMILIES ARE USUALLY NAMED AFTER ACTIONS OR PLACES, FOR EXAMPLE, CHEROKEE IS SAID TO MEAN "PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SPEECH", IROQUIOS MEANS THOSE OF THE EXTENDED LODGE. THE TRIBE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THEIR PLACE AND/OR ACTIONS. THE SAME WAY WE KNOW THE WAY TO GRANDMA HOUSE AND WE KNOW WHAT GRANDMA IS KNOWN FOR.

I WROTE THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING TO RETURN TO THEIR NATIVE WAYS AND OF COURSE THE CORPORATIONS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THEY WANT BLOOD AND NAMES FROM REGISTRIES TO PROVE WHAT IS OBVIOUS. WE ARE NATIVES. NOT ANY OF THE BRAND NAMES THAT THE CORPORATIONS HAVE GIVEN, SIMPLY NATIVES. THE NAMES OF THESE STOLEN LANDS WE WILL NOT BE USED BY US WE WILL USE WHAT OUR ANCESTORS USED. AS THE ONE NEXT TO THE THRONE=MOTHER IN MY TRIBE, I WILL HELP INSTILL THIS INTO THE FUTURE OF OUR TRIBE. GATHER.