Crow Nation
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The Crow had a [[matrilineal]] system. After marriage, the couple was [[matrilocal]] (the husband moved to the wife's mother's house upon marriage). Women held a significant role within the tribe. | The Crow had a [[matrilineal]] system. After marriage, the couple was [[matrilocal]] (the husband moved to the wife's mother's house upon marriage). Women held a significant role within the tribe. | ||
| − | [[Crow kinship]] is a system used to describe and define family members. Identified by [[Lewis Henry Morgan]] in his 1871 work ''Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family'', the Crow system is one of the six major types which he described: [[Eskimo kinship|Eskimo]], [[Hawaiian kinship|Hawaiian]], [[Iroquois kinship|Iroquois]], Crow, [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]. | + | [[Crow kinship]] is a system used to describe and define family members. Identified by [[Lewis Henry Morgan]] in his 1871 work ''Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family'', the Crow system is one of the six major types which he described: [[Eskimo kinship|Eskimo]], [[Hawaiian kinship|Hawaiian]], [[Iroquois kinship|Iroquois]], Crow, [[Omaha kinship|Omaha]], and [[Sudanese kinship|Sudanese]]. |
== The modern Crow Tribe Apsáalooke Nation == | == The modern Crow Tribe Apsáalooke Nation == | ||
