What should I call the people of a tribe?

AnonymousI am writiing a novel about tribes and kingdoms.

So what do these people call themselves? Since it is your novel, you can give them a name.

eg.

The English are happy today. Their team won the world cup.
The Americans are sad today. They lost.

If you called them "the Brave Tribe" or "Tribe of the Brave" then you would say the tribe is happy. However, since you are using the plural form of brave, and saying the people of such tribe, you would use "are" since you are talking about multiple members of the tribe as opposed to the collective singular tribe.

The people of the Braves Tribe are happy.
The Braves are happy.

they are calling themselves the Braves, so can I say: the Braves were confident before the battle.

So as the novelist can I choose what they are called?

Anonymousthey are calling themselves the Braves, so can I say: the Braves were confident before the battle.

Yes, if you begin the sentence with a capital letter.

AnonymousSo as the novelist can I choose what they are called?

Sure, that is called literary license. It's your work and your imagination, so you can choose the deg

Anonymous so can I say: the Braves were confident before the battle.

Yes. If you will be referring to them as The Braves, then I would use the plural form of pronouns and verbs.

@KJinCali79

So I should say:

The Braves are happy

The Braves tribe is among the strongest tribes

is my understanding correct?

what about if I am using the Braves tribe?

Can i say: the Braves tribe is the stongest tribe?

I don't want to appear too negative but, if you are having this sort of problem with whether your main tribe is singular or plural, this novel is going to be a long time in the writing.

AnonymousThe Braves are happyThe Braves tribe is among the strongest tribes

Yes, you can. However, I would probably capitalize Tribe in your second sentence so that is it clear that you are referring to the name of the group, and, therefore, the group collectively as one unit. If that is not part of their name, you could say "The tribe of The Braves is amon

@fivejedjon

First of all, I wrote this novel in my language and it was published, then I had the novel translated by a professional translator, and he finished translating it, and now I am reviewing it to make sure it is in the best shape possible.

I know "tribe" is singular but I wanted to make sure that if it was