Otherwise, federal, state, and tribal authorities share jurisdiction of the open area.

Despite being located close to one another, Kumbo towns enjoy a great deal of autonomy from central tribal authority.

In the 1950s, tribal authority was slowly eroding due to urbanization and new ways of life.

At the same time, however, tribal authorities said they were in the market for more land.

The incident touched off a storm among tribal authorities.

To the Indians, the tax rebels are scofflaws who will never accept tribal authority.

He must, they say, exert his legendary tribal authority to stop guerrilla attacks on their troops.

The various villages had been politically independent and did not have a centralized tribal authority.

Each town is autonomous; there is no central tribal authority.

When it criticized management on the reservations, the paper incurred the wrath of the tribal authorities.