no the tribe helps the clans.
the tribe was organized into seven clans ;
The Cherokee
There are four clans, if you miss out Starclan. The four are- Thunderclan, Windclan, Shadowclan and Riverclan. And also if you miss out Bloodclan, that was wiped out after a battle. So...You get the idea.
the lake, where the Clans live
In the Seneca tribe up to sixty people lived in a longhouse at one time. The longhouses could be as long as one hundred feet and housed Seneca clans.
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The two clans or bands in the area were Cammeraygal and Wallumedegal which were both part of the larger tribe, Kuringgai.
I do not know about Native Americans, but I do know that a clan is a part of a tribe in Africa so I would say that a tribe is bigger than a clan. A tribe is actually a group of clans.
The Atruaghin Clans has 96 pages.
Cats of the Clans has 91 pages.
Return to the Clans has 112 pages.