tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

in anthropology is a human social group. Tribe, tribes, Tri.be or the Tribe may also refer to:

Native American tribes or tribal nations

Tribe (Native American) In the United States, an American Indian tribe, Native American tribe, Alaska Native village, Indigenous tribe, or Tribal nation may be any current or historical tribe, band, or nation of Native Americans in the United States. Modern forms of t ...

List of federally recognized tribes in the United States This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States.

Arts, entertainment and media

Film

* ''Tribes'' (film), or ''The Soldier Who Declared Peace'', 1970 * ''The Tribe'' (1998 film), a TV drama by Stephen Poliakoff * ''The Tribe'' (2005 film), a short documentary * ''The Tribe'' (2009 film), or ''After Dusk They Come'' * ''The Tribe'' (2014 film), a Ukrainian drama * ''The Tribe'' (2018 film), a Spanish comedy

Literature

* Tribe (comics), a short-lived comic series * ''Tribe'', a 2016 book by

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Tribe Magazine ''Tribe Magazine'' was a free print magazine originally distributed in Toronto, Ontario, as well as across Canada from 1993 to 2005. The magazine featured photography, music, CD reviews, and dance and club listings. It currently has an online pre ...

'', Canada, 1993–2005 * ''Tribes'', a 2002 novel by Arthur Slade * ''Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us'', a 2008 book by

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* ''The Tribe'' (novel), by Michael Mohammed Ahmad, 2014 * '' The Tribe (Monica's Gang)'', a Brazilian comic strip * ''Tribes'' (Lammy book), a 2020 book by David Lammy

Music

Groups

Tribe (band) Tribe was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They released three albums including two on Slash Records/Warner Bros. Records. They were finalists in the ...

, an American alternative rock band *

Tribes (band) Tribes are a British four-piece indie rock band, based in Camden Town, London, England, that formed in 2010. The group consists of former Operahouse members Johnny Lloyd (vocals and guitar), Dan White (guitar) and Jim Cratchley (bass), along w ...

, a British indie rock group *

The Tribe (dance band) The Tribe, formerly the World Wide Message Tribe (WWMT), were a British Christian dance band. Their aim was "to communicate the gospel to young people in Greater Manchester". They were part of the Christian charity, The Message Trust, in Man ...

, a British Christian music group *

A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest was an American Hip hop music, hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985,Q-Tip< ...

, or Tribe, an American hip hop group *

Tri.be Tri.be (; ; stylized as TRI.BE), is a South Korean girl group formed in 2021 by TR Entertainment and Universal Music Group. The group consists of six members: Songsun, Kelly, Hyunbin, Jia, Soeun, and Mire. The group debuted on February 17, 2021, ...

, South Korean girlgroup

Record labels

Tribe Records Tribe Records was an American jazz independent record label which was active during the 1970s and whose artists included Doug Hammond, Marcus Belgrave, Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison. History Based in Detroit, Michigan, United States, Tribe ...

, Detroit, U.S. * Tribe Records (Norway) * Tr1be Records, UK

Albums

* ''Tribe'' (Bernie Taupin album), 1987 * ''Tribe'' (Chase & Status album), 2017 * ''Tribe'' (Enrico Rava album), 2011 * ''Tribe'' (Queensrÿche album), 2003 * ''Tribe'' (Sadist album), or the title track * ''Tribe'' (EP), by Soulfly, 1999 * ''Tribe'', part of the 2008 compilation album ''

Songs for Survival Bruce Parry Presents ''Amazon - Tribe - Songs for Survival'' is a double album released by Kensaltown Records in support of a tribal peoples charity. Background The album was released in support of Survival International, the human rights organi ...

'' * ''Tribes'' (Culture Club album), unreleased * ''The Tribe'' (album), by Caspar Brötzmann, 1987

Songs

* "Tribe" (Soulfly song), by Soulfly, 1999 * "Tribe" (Bas and J. Cole song), 2018 * "The Tribe", a 2013 song by Odd Mob

Television

* ''Tribe'' (British TV series), a documentary, 2005–2007 * ''Tribe'' (Philippine TV series), 2006–2019 * ''Tribes'' (TV series), a soap opera, 1990 * "Tribes" (''NCIS'') * "Tribe" (''Star Wars: The Bad Batch'') * ''The Tribe'' (1999 TV series), a science fiction drama * ''The Tribe'' (2015 TV series), a documentary * ''The Tribe'' (2024 TV series), an Indian reality television series * ''Tribal'' (TV series), a Canadian drama series which premiered in 2020 * Tribe, a group of contestants on ''

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Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Tribes'' (play), Nina Raine, 2010 * ''Tribes'' (video game series) * The Tribe (''Tales of the Otori)'', a fictional organisation

People

George Tribe George Edward Tribe (4 October 1920 – 5 April 2009) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL. Cricket career Tri ...

(1920–2009), an Australian cricketer *

Laurence Tribe Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American legal scholar known for his studies of United States constitutional law. Tribe was a professor at Harvard Law School from 1968 until his retirement in 2020. He currently holds the posit ...

(born 1941), an American law professor and author *

Mark Tribe Mark Tribe (born 1966) is an American artist. He is the founder of Rhizome, a not-for-profit arts organization based in New York City. In 2013, he was appointed chair of the MFA program of the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Formerly, h ...

(born 1966), an American artist

Sports

William & Mary Tribe The William & Mary Tribe is a moniker for the College of William & Mary's athletic teams and the university's community more broadly. William & Mary has won two team national championships (both in men's tennis), the AIAW championships in wo ...

, American college athletics teams * ''The Tribe'', a nickname for the formerly-named Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball, now the

Cleveland Guardians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. Since , the team has played its home gam ...

Other uses

Adivasi The Adivasi (also transliterated as Adibasi) are heterogeneous tribal groups across the Indian subcontinent. The term is a recent invention from the 20th century and is now widely used as a self-designation by groups classified as Scheduled Tr ...

, the collective term for 'tribal' populations in India ** Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the legal designation for Adivasi populations *

Tribe (biology) In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxa ranked above species are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe. In zoology, the ...

, a taxonomic classification in biology * Tribe (internet), a slang term for an unofficial community of people who share a common interest * Tribe.net, a former social networking website * Tribes, administrative divisions of the Tribal assembly of ancient Rome * The Tribe (Buzoku), a Japanese counter-cultural group *

Phyle ''Phyle'' (, ; pl. ''phylai'', ; derived from Greek , ''phyesthai'' ) is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphyletai'' () meaning 'fellow tribesmen'. During the late 6th century BC, Cleist ...

, an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan *

Roman tribe A ''tribus'', or tribe, was a division of the Roman people for military, censorial, and voting purposes. When constituted in the '' comitia tributa'', the tribes were the voting units of a legislative assembly of the Roman Republic.''Harper's Di ...

, a division of the Roman people for military, censorial, and voting purposes.