Sentence examples for in certain tribes from inspiring English sources

In certain tribes the use of this drug is restricted to shamanistic practices; in others, as in the Uaupés River area, it is an essential element in religious festivals in which the community revives its mythic tradition.

Furthermore, it was revealed in several FGDs that women in certain tribes are encouraged to engage in concurrent partnerships.

Congressional proposals in 1879 to abrogate treaties reserving lands in Indian Territory to certain tribes aroused her to action.

Back in those heady hipster days, Tiësto sat squarely in more populist – for certain tribes, decidedly uncool – genre of trance.

In tribal society, sovereignty was traditionally expressed in the form of suzerainty over certain tribes rather than in fixed territorial boundaries.

Given that the Austro-Asiatic linguistic family is considered to be the oldest and spoken by certain tribes in India, Northeast India and entire Southeast Asia, we expect that populations of this family from Northeast India should provide the signatures of genetic link between Indian and Southeast Asian populations.

Status-conscious locals name-drop "North" or "South" as a way of telegraphing their membership in a certain tribe.

Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) passed in 1990, remains culturally affiliated with certain tribes must be returned to those tribes, who may then rebury them.

But there are questions about the degree to which certain tribes -- especially those in the Sunni areas -- honor their contracts.

The bow and arrow are today known everywhere; in some Amazon regions they have replaced the spear thrower, a device still in use in certain western tribes.

In the 1950s, Public Law 280 transferred authority for certain tribes to six states, with others following, thereby expanding criminal jurisdiction to cover crimes committed on tribal lands.