Bear clan
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The Bear clan is one of the traditional Cayuga Nation matrilineal clans, associated with specific social, political, and ceremonial roles within the community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bear clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3877207 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bear clan Context triple: [Cayuga, hasClan, Bear clan]
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A.
Bear clan
The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
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B.
Wolf clan
The Wolf clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social divisions, associated with specific kinship, responsibilities, and cultural roles within the tribe.
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C.
Wolf clan
The Wolf clan is one of the traditional Cayuga Nation matrilineal clans, serving as a key social and kinship group within their Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) cultural system.
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D.
Deer clan
The Deer clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship divisions, associated with specific ancestral roles, responsibilities, and identity within the tribe.
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E.
Snipe clan
The Snipe clan is one of the traditional matrilineal clans of the Cayuga people, associated with the snipe bird and integral to their social and kinship structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bear clan Target entity description: The Bear clan is one of the traditional Cayuga Nation matrilineal clans, associated with specific social, political, and ceremonial roles within the community.
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A.
Bear clan
The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
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B.
Wolf clan
The Wolf clan is one of the traditional Cayuga Nation matrilineal clans, serving as a key social and kinship group within their Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) cultural system.
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C.
Wolf clan
The Wolf clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social divisions, associated with specific kinship, responsibilities, and cultural roles within the tribe.
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D.
Deer clan
The Deer clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship divisions, associated with specific ancestral roles, responsibilities, and identity within the tribe.
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E.
Snipe clan
The Snipe clan is one of the traditional matrilineal clans of the Cayuga people, associated with the snipe bird and integral to their social and kinship structure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cayuga clan
ⓘ
clan ⓘ matrilineal clan ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cayuga longhouse traditions
ⓘ
Haudenosaunee clan mothers ⓘ
linked to:
Iroquois chiefs
|
| belongsToCategory |
Indigenous clan
ⓘ
North American Indigenous social organization ⓘ |
| culture | Haudenosaunee ⓘ |
| descentTracedThrough | mother ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Cayuga people
ⓘ
linked to:
Cayuga nation
|
| governedBy | clan mothers ⓘ |
| hasContinuity | traditional institution maintained into the present ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
organizing ceremonial responsibilities
ⓘ
organizing social relations ⓘ structuring political responsibilities ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ceremonial role in Cayuga community
ⓘ
political role in Cayuga community ⓘ social role in Cayuga community ⓘ |
| hasSocialFunction |
defining kinship obligations
ⓘ
regulating marriage within Cayuga Nation ⓘ |
| kinshipSystem | matrilineal descent ⓘ |
| languageContext | Cayuga language ⓘ |
| membershipInheritedFrom | mother ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cayuga Nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Cayuga nation
Haudenosaunee clan system ⓘ
linked to:
Iroquois kinship system
|
| playsRoleIn |
Cayuga ceremonial cycles
ⓘ
linked to:
Cayuga clan system
maintenance of Cayuga customary law ⓘ selection of Cayuga leaders ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Haudenosaunee spiritual traditions ⓘ |
| symbol | bear ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | Cayuga homelands in the Finger Lakes region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bear clan Description of subject: The Bear clan is one of the traditional Cayuga Nation matrilineal clans, associated with specific social, political, and ceremonial roles within the community.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.