Clan-based social systems
 

"Turtle [and] Bear clans once existed across North America"
and "moiety systems" exist across Australia,
making it a "relatively simple matter for anyone disenchanted with their immediate biological kin to travel very long distances and still find a welcome" (Graeber / Wengrow 282)

> from David Graeber and David Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (2021)

> tagged with #family, #indigenous_peoples, #friendship

> created May 4, 2025 at 11:08:36 AM


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