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Chapter Two. The Social Structure and its Units |
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absence of tribal feeling |
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Unlike ethnic groups imbued with a strong feeling of tribal identity and solidarity, the Konyaks, though appearing to the outsider as distinct from all neighboring Naga tribes, did not see themselves as a discrete political unit. True, some villages were comprised within confederations under the leadership of a powerful chief, but such groupings were subject to fluctuations in political power and cannot be likened to clearly delimited and permanent tribal units. |
