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Chiefdom, hierarchical political organizations in non-industrial societies. Tribe, a term with various meanings, including a band, a collection of related bands, or a more hierarchical chiefdom. Band governments, in Canada, the basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act
The Serer people of Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania are bilineal, but matrilineality (tiim, in Serer) is very important in their culture, and is well preserved. [2] [3] There are a multitude of Serer maternal clans with their various history and origins.
The English word "clan" is derived from old English word clann [1] meaning "children", "offspring", "progeny" or "descendants". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "clan" was introduced into English in around 1406, as a descriptive label for the organization of society in Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.
The conical clan was also the form of social organization among many peoples in Pre-Columbian America, like the Aztecs (calpulli), [111] the Inka (in fact this anthropological concept was created by Kirchoff to describe the form of Inka social organization, the ayllu; [112] see also Isabel Yaya's description of the Inca ayllu in her work "The ...
Example 1. Members of the (matrilineal) clan culture Minangkabau do not even have a surname or family name, see this culture's own section below. In contrast, members do have a clan name, which is important in their lives although not included in the member's name.
The Order had a three tier structure. Local units were called "Subordinate Clans", state or provincial groups were "Grand Clans" and the biennial "Royal Clan" was the highest authority. In 1897 there were 96 Clans, 89 in the United States and 7 in Canada. [5] Each branch, of the Order, chose a clan association, often by who was in the area.
During the time of the Peace Chief and War Chief government setting, the War Chief would come from this clan. Wolves are known as protectors. Historically, the Wolf Clan was the largest among the Cherokee. [9] A few members of this clan are said to be extremely powerful; they are called alphas. Ex. Alpha Gălă-gi′na etc. th [citation needed]
Little Miss Cherokee 2007, Park Hill, Oklahoma Cherokee society is the culture and societal structures shared by the Cherokee people. The Cherokee people are Indigenous to the mountain and inland regions of the southeastern United States in the areas of present-day North Carolina, and historically in South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Northern Mountainous areas, now called the Blue Ridge ...