Criminal Minds
Season 1, Episode 16
Air date	March 8, 2006
Written by	Andrew Wilder
Directed by	J. Miller Tobin
Episode Guide
previous "Unfinished Business"	next "A Real Rain"

"The Tribe" is the sixteenth episode of Season One of Criminal Minds.

Summary Edit

When college students in New Mexico are found tortured and murdered in an unoccupied house, the BAU suspects a group of killers with a knowledge of Native American rituals is responsible.

Guest Cast Edit

• Aaron MacPherson - Deputy #1
• Chad Allen - Jackson Cally
• Dagger Tompkins - Samuel
• Sky Soleil - Kyle Van Owen
• Geoff Meed - Eugene Leland
• Robert Curtis Brown - Peter Griesen
• Gregory Cruz - Officer John Blackwolf
• Sonya Stephens - Jane Bear
• Skyler Shaye - Ingrid Griesen
• Josh Duhon - Rammy
• Eric Johnson - Sean Hotchner
• Chris Ellis - Sheriff Jimmy Rhodes
• Michael Canavan - Roy Minton

Referenced Criminals Edit

• Charles Manson and the Manson Family
• Symbionese Liberation Army
• Black September Organization
• Al-Qaeda
• German Red Brigade

Music Edit

• "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly
• "Roberto Duran" by the Ribeye Brothers
• "The Scientist" by Coldplay (television version)
• "When All is Said and Done" by Tyrone Wells (DVD version)

Bookend Quotes Edit

• Aaron Hotchner: Nietzsche wrote, "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe."
• Aaron Hotchner: There's an old Apache saying: "You can take many paths to get to the same place."

See Also Edit

• Episodes