Local society is composed of several residential kin groups which are formally united into villages or bands, and this political unit is further combined with others to form a tribe (several bands or several villages, the latter often being referred to as districts ). These larger units may or may not convene in toto
Local society is composed of several residential kin groups which are formally united into villages or bands.(Krober's and Driver's triblet ). There is no organization larger than the village or band, which can be a seasonal (e.g., winter village or summer band) co-residence group rather than a year-round co-residence group
Local society (or focal community) has no territorial organization larger than the residential kin group. True political organization is lacking

Local and extralocal organization (tribe or district of villages) commonly and customarily join together for common defense against warfare and raids
No organization beyond the local society--village or band, whether predominantly kin or nonkin--joins together in common defense during warfare and raids; yet extralocal groups do not customarily join together in common defense
No organization beyond the residential kin group joins together in common defense during warfare or raids

No organization beyond the local society--village or band--joins together to distribute food in times of scarcity (rating is applied also to villages wherein village chief had storehouse and duty to feed needy, if formal village chief was present)
No organization beyond the residential kin group joins together to distribute food in times of scarcity

Extralocal tribe or district organization commonly and customarily join together to allow access to the important subsistence resources
No organization beyond the residential kin group joins together to allow access to important subsistence resources
No organization beyond the village or band which joins together to allow access to important subsistence resources

No political organization
No political organization is invoked to allocate civic duties
The tribe or district organization is invoked to allocate civic duties
The village or band organization is invoked to allocate civic duties