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Survival International, which campaigns for indigenous people, said it was told by Baka tribespeople that a group of women had been promised a meeting with management about the destruction of crops by elephants.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Not long ago, her tribespeople were forbidden to speak their own language.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
On the other are Houthi tribespeople, who hail from the country’s north, which is dominated by members of the Zaidi Shiite sect, and who enjoy support from Iran.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2021
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.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Not long ago, her tribespeople were forbidden to speak their own language.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
On the other are Houthi tribespeople, who hail from the country’s north, which is dominated by members of the Zaidi Shiite sect, and who enjoy support from Iran.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2021
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.
—Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Tribespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tribespeople. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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