Tribal chiefs

leader of a tribal society or chiefdom

thumb|right|Túpac Amaru II, an Andean cacique who led a 1781 rebellion against Spanish rule in Peru thumb|Cangapol, chief of the Tehuelches, 18th century.

thumb|The chiefdom of Afareïtu in Moʻorea, [[French Polynesia, ]]

Wikimedia list article

Indian tribal freedom fighter (1875–1900)

Paramount chief of Tsenacommacah (1549-1618)

Kayapo chief

thumb|1904 photo of Profile Rock in [[Assonet, Massachusetts; local Wampanoags believe it represents Massasoit.]] Massasoit Sachem ( ) or Ousamequin (1661) was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem. Although Massasoit was only his title, English colonists mistook it as his name and it stuck.

Uncas () was a sachem of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes.

thumb|Statue of Daniel Nimham, a sachem of the [[Wappinger]]

thumb|A 1585 painting of a Chesapeake Bay warrior by John White; this painting was adapted to represent Opechancanough in the engraving above.

Cutzinas or Koutzinas () was a Berber tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa in the middle of the 6th century, fighting both against and for the Byzantines. A staunch Byzantine ally during the latter stages of the Berber rebellion, he remained an imperial vassal until his murder in 563 by the new Byzantine governor.

Antalas (; c. 500 – after 548) was a Berber tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa. Antalas and his tribe, the Frexes initially served the Byzantines as allies, but after 544 switched sides. With the final Byzantine victory in his and his tribe once again became Byzantine subjects. The main sources on his life are the epic poem Iohannis of Flavius Cresconius Corippus and the Histories of the Wars of Procopius of Caesarea.

thumb|right|Three matai, the two older men bearing the symbols of orator chief status – the Fijian i-roi (Fly whisk)|fue (flywhisk made of organic [[sennit rope with a wooden handle) over their left shoulder. The central elder holds the orator's wooden staff (toʻotoʻo) of office and wears an ʻie toga, fine matting. The other two men wear tapa cloth with patterned design]] thumb|right|In the architecture of Samoa there are seating areas for matai and orators according to their status, rank, role and ceremony

Indian tribal Queen of Karnagarh, Leader of Chuar Rebellion

tribal chief

An ariki (New Zealand, Cook Islands), ꞌariki (Easter Island), aliki (Tokelau, Tuvalu), ali‘i (Samoa, Hawai‘i), '''ari'i (Society Islands, Tahiti), aiki or hakaiki (Marquesas Islands), akariki (Gambier Islands) or ‘eiki''' (Tonga) is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.

Paramount chief of Essipun

Subnational monarchs in Nigeria

Esdilasas () was a Moorish tribal leader active during the rebellion in the province of Byzacena. In 534 and 535, he was among the Moorish leaders who rebelled against Byzantine authority in Africa. In late 534, he, along with the Berber tribal leaders Cutzinas, Iurfutes and Medisiníssas, defeated the Byzantine officers Aigan and Rufinus. In 535, however, the rebels were defeated by the Byzantine military commander Solomon, first at Mammes, then at Bourgaon. In the aftermath of Bourgaon, Esdilasas surrendered and was taken to Carthage.

Jordanian political leader (1885-1967)

Ghanaian tradition of Akans

Cockacoeske (pronounced Coke a cow ski) (also spelled Cockacoeskie) () was a 17th-century weroansqua of the Pamunkey tribe in what is now the U.S. state of Virginia. During her thirty-year reign, she worked with the English colony of Virginia, trying to recapture the former power of past paramount chiefs and maintain peaceful unity among the several tribes under her leadership. She was the first of the tribal leaders to sign the Virginia-Indian Treaty of Middle Plantation. In 2004 Cockacoeske was honored as one of the Library of Virginia's "Virginia Women in History".

leader of Chuar rebellion

national Council of Chiefs, Vanuatu

Akan warrior

Hintata tribal chief (1090–1175/6)