tribe and nation

Scope Note

Presence or absence of groups larger than the community to which people think they "belong" in an extended kinship sense; basis of identification (e.g., common name, common language, contiguous territory, common culture, tradition of common descent); intratribal intercourse and communication (e.g., trade, intermarriage); degree of development of nationalistic aspirations; etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 610 kin groups

Related Terms

• 101 identification
• 1710 cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
• 186 cultural identity and pride
• 628 inter-community relations
• 630 territorial organization
• 640 government institutions
• 648 external relations
• 668 political movements
• 829 ethnosociology