Wolf clan

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The Wolf clan is one of the traditional matrilineal kinship groups of the Onondaga Nation, associated with the wolf as its symbolic animal and social identity marker.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Wolf clan (Onondaga Nation) 0

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Onondaga clan
kinship group
matrilineal clan
associatedWith Onondaga longhouse society NERFINISHED
wolf symbolism
culture Haudenosaunee culture
Onondaga culture
descentLine mother’s line
ethnicGroupOf Onondaga Nation NERFINISHED
ethnographicSubjectOf Haudenosaunee anthropology
governedBy Onondaga customary law
hasClanAnimal wolf
hasClanMother Onondaga clan mother (Wolf clan)
hasClanNameLanguage Onondaga language NERFINISHED
hasFunction defining kin obligations
organizing marriage rules
structuring social relations
isOneOf Onondaga traditional clans
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent
languageCommunity Onondaga language speakers
locatedIn Haudenosaunee Confederacy NERFINISHED
Onondaga territory NERFINISHED
membershipDeterminedBy mother’s clan
partOf Haudenosaunee clan system NERFINISHED
Onondaga Nation NERFINISHED
religiousContext Haudenosaunee spiritual practices
sharesTraditionsWith other Onondaga clans
socialRole kinship identifier
social identity marker
symbolicAnimal wolf
traditionalStatus traditional clan
usesTotemicIdentity wolf

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

Onondaga nation clanAnimals Wolf clan