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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
turkey clan canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 people
linked to: Lenape
hasKinshipSystem matrilineal descent
hasRoleIn Lenape kinship obligations
Lenape marriage rules
Lenape social identity
hasTypeOf Native American clan system element
isOneOf traditional Lenape clans
languageOfAssociatedPeople Lenape language
linked to: Munsee language
partOf Delaware clan system
Lenape social organization
peopleAssociated Delaware Indians
linked to: Lenape

Lenape
region Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast 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

How these facts were elicited

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

Delaware people traditionalClans turkey clan