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Informationen zum Autor Merlin G. Myers (1923-91) was a professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University. The late Fred Eggan was an eminent anthropologist of the twentieth century who is especially noted for his studies of Native Americans in the Southwest and of Philippine tribal culture. M. Sam Cronk is a lecturer at Indiana University and a coauthor of Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nation Communities in Northeastern America. Klappentext This study of kinship relations and household organization among the modern Cayugas, located in Ontario, Canada, fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of modern Cayuga culture and history and makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Iro-quoian social organization. Originally founded by nearly two thousand Iroquois allies of the British crown in 1784, the Six Nations Reserve became the first Iroquoian community to contain members of all six tribes. By the mid-twentieth century, the reserve had divided along the lines of politics and religion into two distinct social groups, those who practice Christianity and the followers of the more traditional Long-house religion. In the late 1950s, Merlin G. Myers conducted fieldwork among these traditionalists, working especially with Cayugas. He collected data on household structure and kinship relations from approximately 150 families and interpreted his findings within the context of structural-functional anthropology. His work provides a treasury of information about Cayuga social life during a poorly documented moment in their history, and a rare example of British anthropological theory from this time applied to a North American Native community. Zusammenfassung Presents a study of kinship relations and household organization among the modern Cayugas, located in Ontario, Canada, that aims to fill a gap in our knowledge of modern Cayuga culture and history and make a significant contribution to our understanding of Iroquoian social organization. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I Chapter 1; Introduction PART II Chapter 2; The Household; Chapter 3; Some Economic Features of the Household Group; Chapter 4; Composition of the Household Group PART III Chapter 5; Some Politico-Jural & Ritual Aspects of Matrilineal Descent; Chapter 6; Kinship and Marriage; Chapter 7; Summary & Conclusion ...
