Kinship
Agenda
Kinship
Kusdowagamiut readings
Rene’s Presentation
Descent Groups
Patrilineal
Matrilineal
Marital Residence
Patrilocal
Kinship Terminology
Ascribed according to number of kin with the same classificatory term, e.g., uncle, etc.
- Designated by:
- mo, fa
- sis, bro
- son, da
mo fa sis son
fa mo
Inuit or
Eskimo
- Kin outside nuclear family described in different classificatory terms
- uncle,
- aunt = mo’s sis or fa’s sis or mo’s mo’s sis, etc
- cousin
- nuclear family with relatives usually important on both sides
- both parents sides considered kin to ego and siblings
Hawaiian Kinship
Terms
- Easiest to remember
- smallest number of terms
- all relatives of the same sex in the same generations are referred to by the same term.
- All male cousins called by same term you call bro, sis
- All siblings of mother called by same term as mother
- Extended family’s important
Other forms
Omaha
Crow--associated with matrilineal descent
Iroquois
Sudanese
Look up at
http://www.umanitoba.ca/ faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/kinmenu.html