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Peer reviewedColson, Elizabeth – American Indian Quarterly, 1986
Demonstrates why terms like "tribe" cannot be transferred from ethnographic descriptions to political history. Critiques her work with Central African tribes, comparing African and American Indian societies to show that what looks like a tribal entity is usually a political polity with its own history of growth and decline. (LFL)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, American Indian Culture, American Indian History
