Moieties may be determined by either patrilineal or matrilineal kinship and descent ( determined by the moiety of the father or the mother ).
22.
As the Chickasaw had a matrilineal kinship system of descent and inheritance, children were considered to belong to the mother's clan.
23.
Smaller units of societal organization are divided according to matrilineal kinship groups, the latter of which are often interchangeable with ceremonial dance groupings.
24.
Their children were raised within the Mohawk community, which had a matrilineal kinship system, considering children born into the mother's clan.
25.
In their matrilineal kinship systems, children of Indian mothers were considered born into her clan and family, and Indian regardless of their fathers.
26.
His maternal uncle was Chief " Custaloga ", whom he later succeeded as hereditary chief, according to the matrilineal kinship rules.
27.
The Muscogee had a matrilineal kinship system, with children considered born into their mother's clan, and inheritance was through the maternal line.
28.
As the Creek had a matrilineal kinship system, Sehoy III's children were considered born into her clan and were absorbed into the tribe.
29.
The Creek considered the mother's children as wholly Creek, regardless of partial European ancestry, due to the matrilineal kinship system of the Muscogee.
30.
It had a matrilineal kinship system of property holding and descent, making the mother's clan the determining one for the status of her children.
