The Tahltan Nation: Past And Present

The male had to show the woman’s father his skills as a hunter or warrior. If the father was impressed and approved of the marriage, the man and woman would exchange gifts of horses and clothing and were considered married. The married couple would reside in their own tipi or with the husband’s family. Although the man was permitted more than one wife, typically he only chose one. In cases of more than one wife, quite often the male would choose a sister of the wife, believing that sisters would not argue as much as total strangers

Family, kin, and marriage lies are established by the type of descent system the society uses. Descent is traced kinship relationships through parents. The concept of family, kin, and marriage strive to and support

2. Matrilineal : It's a type of native american culture. The clan/villiage your mother is born, then that will be your clan/village. It means that your're following your mother's side of the family.

The Khasi is one of the tribes living in Meghalaya state of North-East India. This tribe draws much attention of the sociologists, because this tribe practices matrilineal system characterized in terms of marriage, inheritance of property and matrilocal post-marital residence and other social relations. This is rare in other society. It is commonly believed that the status of women in matrilineal society is higher as compared to that of patrilineal society. This can be seen in terms of empowerment and other roles played by the women.

Female members lived together with their husbands (who belonged to other matrilineages) in a single longhouse; a village would contain anywhere from a few small longhouses to as many as 50. Several matrilineages formed the matrilineal clan, which, besides being of symbolic and ceremonial importance, served to regulate marriage patterns. Marriage was forbidden between members of a

A society where people are recognised as matriline descedants.A matriline is a line of succession from a female ancestor to a successor(of either sex). There are many matrilineal societies standing in contrast to the general pattern of paternal lineage in the world. 'Mosuo of China ' is an example of matrilineal society which is famous for its strong resemblance to a matriarchal society.

These are knows as parallel cousins. They are allowed to marry their cross cousins but are prohibited from marrying their parallel cousins. Women had their children born into their own clan. They gained status through this. Women controlled the property and “hereditary leadership” passed through the matrilineal

but, It is not the most preferred: Monogamy is the ideal and preferred form of marriage in only 81 cultures out of a sample 400cultures.

Communities are split into two moieties that are associated with the original marriage myth. Children belong to one moiety, that of their father or mother. A person from one moiety may only marry a person from the other. A culture with a similar rule is the Tlingit.

Throughout the semester, some of the material was focused on different cultures and how they compare to one another. Specifically, there has been a focus on two groups: the Ju/’hoansi and the Trobrianders. The Ju/’hoansi was traditionally a hunting and gathering society; they were a foraging society. The Trobrianders, on the other hand, were traditionally more of an unequal and competitive society, which included chiefdom and ranks within the society. The type of society was a matrilineages society, in which people are related through the rank of the mother (Lecture 26). Nevertheless, the new ways in these societies are influenced by the arrival of the white men. Both societies

This joint family, like any social organization, must face problems such as acceptable division of work, relationships and specific family roles. These familial relationships are managed on the basis of a secular hierarchical principle. In fact, all Indians owe respect and obedience to the head of the family, who usually is the father or the oldest man of the family community. In The Gift of a Bride: A Tale of Anthropology, Matrimony and Murder by Nanda and Gregg, it is explained that, “females [are] placed under the perpetual guardianship of first their fathers and elder brothers, then their husbands.” (Nanda & Gregg 22) Thus, all the spending decisions, studies and profession, or marriage, are exclusively the responsibility of the father after the possible discussions with the other men of the family. Age and sex are the basic principles of this hierarchical system. The eldest sons enjoy greater unchallenged authority than their cadets. Of course men have more authority than women, but older married women have an important role within the family. In fact, the authority of a woman depends on the rank of her husband inside the group. Traditionally, the wife of the patriarch rules over domestic affairs and has considerable power over the other women in the community, especially her daughters- in-law.

First Nations – new term, referring to the ancestors of the original inhabitants who are classified by the term “Indian”

The kinship system is based on the concept of "equivalence of same-sex siblings". Two siblings of the same sex are considered essentially the same and thus interchangeable. For example, if a man has

realized that he was about to lose everything he had worked for or maybe he was suffering from PTSD from all his times in war but Murat had officially lost his head. On March 15th 1815 Murat declared war on Austria in hopes of creating an independent Italy. Murat thought that by declaring war on Austria it would distract them enough to give Napoleon a little time to re gain his footing but he only made things worse for Napoleon. As the Austrian army grew closer and closer to Naples Murat requested and armistice from the king but none would be given to him. Realizing what was about to happen Murat prepared to flee Naples and on May the 19th Murat would spend his last day with his family whom he would never see again. Murat would spend his reaming months attempting to make his way back to Paris. However he was presented with many challenges as people all over Europe began to hunt down Napoleons great leaders. Murat would spend many nights on the run some of which he spent in the forest foraging for food and trying to stay alive. He came upon a house with a man who once served in the Italian army, he agreed to help Murat find friends and a safe passage to Paris. This proved to be a failed attempt on both Murat and the soilders part as they were made while traveling to Bastia. Meanwhile Murat had gotten news of what happened to his family, they had boarded a British ship and where being sent to live in England. But Murat did not know if his wife and children would be safe, out of everything he lost his wife and children would affect him the most. Murat made it to

there is a great amount of variability in kinship rules and patterns around the world (O 'neil,2015).