page_title: Shala (tribe)
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Shala (tribe) / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Edith Durham (8 December 1863 – 15 November 1944) was a British traveller, artist and writer who became famous for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century. This picture was featured in the book "High Albania", published in 1909.
context_page_description: Shala is a historical tribe and region of northern Albania in the valley of the river Shalë, in the Dukagjin highlands. It was first mentioned in 1634, and oral tradition and archaeology confirms that their ancestors immigrated to the valley. At the end of the 19th century the tribe was Catholic and had c. 3,000 members. Today, descendants are widespread in Kosovo.
context_section_description: Members of Shala tribe were very skillful in irrigation. Branislav Nušić recorded that Shala was the poorest tribe of Albania with only small exception of around 400 families who lived in village Istinić, near Deçan.
caption: Shala men, photo taken by Edith Durham before 1909.
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