turkey clan

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The turkey clan is one of the traditional matrilineal social divisions of the Delaware (Lenape) people, associated with specific ancestral lineages, responsibilities, and cultural identities within the tribe.

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Label Occurrences
turkey clan canonical 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lenape clan
kinship group
matrilineal social division
social subdivision of the Delaware people
associatedWith distinct cultural identity within the Lenape
particular responsibilities within the tribe
specific ancestral lineages
culture Delaware
Lenape
defines clan-based responsibilities
clan-based ritual obligations
clan-based social relationships
descentTracedThrough mother
ethnicGroupOf Delaware people
Lenape
surface form: Lenape people
hasKinshipSystem matrilineal descent
hasRoleIn Lenape kinship obligations
Lenape marriage rules
Lenape social identity
hasTypeOf Native American clan system element
isOneOf traditional Lenape clans
languageOfAssociatedPeople Munsee language
surface form: Lenape language
partOf Delaware clan system
Lenape social organization
peopleAssociated Lenape
surface form: Delaware Indians

Lenape
region Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
symbol turkey
timePeriod pre-contact era to present
traditionalTerritoryOfCulture Lenape homelands in the mid-Atlantic region of North America
transmissionOfClanMembership through the mother’s line

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Delaware people traditionalClans turkey clan