tribal confederation
C8668
concept
A tribal confederation is a loose alliance of distinct tribes that cooperate for mutual defense, governance, or shared interests while retaining their individual identities and autonomy.
Aliases (4)
- Indigenous confederacy ×1
- Native American political alliance ×1
- Native American tribal confederation ×1
- tribal confederacy ×1
Instances (8)
- Suebi
- Northwest Indian Confederacy ("Native American tribal confederation")
- Haudenosaunee ("Indigenous confederacy")
- Illyrians
- Lusitanians
- Bodéwadmi
- Council of Three Fires ("Native American political alliance")