A tribe is viewed, developmentally or historically, as a social group existing before the development of nation states, or outside them. A tribe is a group of distinct people, dependent on their land for their livelihood, who are largely self-sufficient, and not integrated into the national society. It is perhaps the term most readily understood and used by the general public to describe such communities. Stephen Corry defines tribal people as those who "...have followed ways of life for many generations that are largely self-sufficient, and are clearly different from the mainstream and dominant society". This definition, however, would not apply to countries in the Middle East such as Iraq and Yemen, South Asia such as Afghanistan and many African countries such as South Sudan, where the entire population is a member of one tribe or another, and tribalism itself is dominant and mainstream. 

There are an estimated one hundred and fifty million tribal individuals worldwide, constituting around forty percent of indigenous individuals. Although nearly all tribal people are indigenous, some are not indigenous to the areas where they now live. 

The distinction between tribal and indigenous is important because tribal peoples have a special status acknowledged in international law. They often face particular issues in addition to those faced by the wider category of indigenous peoples. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What are tribes considered?
2. Tribes are viewed as what?
3. What are tribes classified as?
Q2:
1. What are tribes a group of?
2. What kind of people is a tribe composed of?
3. What is the quality of people who make up a tribe?
Q3:
1. How does Stephen Corry define a tribe?
2. What is Stephen Corry's definition of a tribe?
3. What definition of tribe is attributed to Stephen Corry?
Q4:
1. Are tribes self sufficient?
2. Can a tribe fend for themselves?
3. Are tribes able to sustain themselves on their own?
Q5:
1. How many tribes exist?
2. How many tribes are there worldwide?
3. What is the number of tribes around the world?
Q6:
1. What percent of tribes are indigenous?
2. What is the percentage of indigenous tribes?
3. What is the ratio of tribes that are indigenous?
Q7:
1. Does the traditional definition of a tribe apply to the Middle East?
2. Can the usual definition of tribe be used to apply to the Middle East?
3. Does the term tribe apply to people of the Middle East?
Q8:
1. Is a tribe a social group?
2. Can tribes be described as a sort of social group?
3. Are tribes a kind of social group?
Q9:
1. Why is the distinction between a tribe and an indigenous population important?
2. What is the importance of the distinction between tribes and indigenous populations?
3. Why must we distinguish between a tribe and an indigenous population?
Q10:
1. Who depends upon their land?
2. Who uses the land to survive?
3. Who sustains themselves using the land they live on?
Q11:
1. Do tribes face some issues?
2. Are there any particular issues faced by tribes?
3. Do tribes tend to face any particular hardships?
Q12:
1. Do tribes have a special status?
2. Is there a special status granted to tribes?
3. Are tribes recognized in any special way?
Q13:
1. When have tribes existed in history?
2. When have there been tribes throughout history?
3. When did tribes historically exist?
Q14:
1. Does the definition of tribes include poeple in Yemen?
2. Do the populations in Yemen fit the definition of a tribe?
3. Does the way tribes are defined apply to Yemen's people?
Q15:
1. Are tribes viewed through a historical lens?
2. Has the definition of tribes been created historically?
3. Have tribes been viewed in a historical fashion?
Q16:
1. Are tribes viewed through a developmental lens?
2. Has the definition of tribes been created developmentally?
3. Have tribes been viewed in a developmental fashion?
Q17:
1. Do tribal people depend upon their land?
2. Do tribes the land to survive?
3. Do people in tribes sustain themselves using the land they live on?
Q18:
1. Do tribal peoples lives differ from the mainstream?
2. Do people in tribes lead different lives from the mainstream?
3. Are the lives of people in the mainstream different from those of people living in a tribe?
Q19:
1. Whose existence predates that of nation states?
2. Who existed before the creation of the nation states?
3. Whose existence came before that of the development of nation states?
Q20:
1. What is the definition of a tribe?
2. How can a tribe be defined?
3. What is meant by the term tribe?
