Eel clan
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The Eel clan is one of the traditional Cayuga Nation clans, forming part of its matrilineal social and kinship structure within the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eel clan canonical | 1 |
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cayuga Nation clan
ⓘ
Haudenosaunee clan ⓘ matrilineal clan ⓘ |
| associatedWith | eel ⓘ |
| culture |
Cayuga
ⓘ
Haudenosaunee ⓘ |
| followsDescentRule | matrilineal descent ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
defining kinship obligations
ⓘ
organizing marriages ⓘ structuring community responsibilities ⓘ |
| hasRole |
identity marker within Cayuga Nation
ⓘ
kinship structure unit ⓘ social structure unit ⓘ |
| hasSocialSignificance |
determines clan membership
ⓘ
guides responsibilities to relatives ⓘ influences social alliances ⓘ |
| hasType | animal clan ⓘ |
| inheritedThrough | mother ⓘ |
| languageContext | Cayuga language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Haudenosaunee homelands in the Northeast Woodlands
ⓘ
traditional Cayuga territories ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cayuga nation
ⓘ
surface form:
Cayuga Nation
Cayuga clan system ⓘ Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
surface form:
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
traditional Cayuga governance system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Iroquois kinship system
ⓘ
surface form:
Haudenosaunee clan system
other Cayuga clans ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.