turtle clan

E367668

Lenape social division clan matrilineal kinship group

The turtle clan is one of the traditional matrilineal kinship groups of the Delaware (Lenape) people, often associated with specific social roles, spiritual symbolism, and clan identity within their culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Turtle clan	1
Turtle totem (Lenape)	1
turtle clan canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lenape social division ⓘ clan ⓘ matrilineal kinship group ⓘ
associatedWith	Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape clan system Lenape social organization ⓘ Lenape spiritual beliefs ⓘ
culture	Lenape culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Lenape ⓘ
hasClanAnimal	turtle ⓘ
hasClanIdentity	Turtle people ⓘ
hasDescentRule	children belong to the mother’s clan ⓘ
hasFunction	organizing ceremonial responsibilities ⓘ regulating marriage ⓘ structuring social relations ⓘ transmitting clan identity ⓘ
hasKinshipSystem	matrilineal descent ⓘ
hasMembershipRule	inherited from mother ⓘ
hasRole	social role in Lenape society ⓘ spiritual role in Lenape culture ⓘ
hasSpiritualSignificance	connection to creation stories ⓘ turtle as a powerful being ⓘ
hasStatus	principal Lenape clan ⓘ
hasSymbol	turtle ⓘ
hasTotem	turtle ⓘ
influences	individual identity among Lenape ⓘ ritual participation among Lenape ⓘ social obligations among Lenape ⓘ
isOneOf	Lenape Turtle, Wolf, and Turkey clans ⓘ three main Lenape clans ⓘ
kinshipLine	maternal line ⓘ
languageContext	Lenape language ⓘ
locatedIn	Lenape traditional territory ⓘ Northeast Woodlands ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
partOf	Delaware people ⓘ Lenape ⓘ surface form: Lenape people
peopleAlsoCall	Turtle phratry (Lenape) ⓘ turtle clan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Turtle totem (Lenape)
presentIn	contemporary Lenape-descendant communities ⓘ historical Lenape communities ⓘ
relatedTo	Lenape ⓘ surface form: Turkey clan (Lenape) Wolf clan (Lenape) ⓘ
timeDepth	pre-contact origin ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	areas of present-day Delaware ⓘ areas of present-day New Jersey ⓘ areas of present-day New York ⓘ areas of present-day Pennsylvania ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Delaware people → traditionalClans → turtle clan ⓘ

Cayuga → hasClan → turtle clan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turtle clan

turtle clan → peopleAlsoCall → turtle clan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Turtle clan (Lenape)

this entity surface form: Turtle totem (Lenape)