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First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology

A SHORT STUDY OF TRIBAL SOCIETY.

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BY

J. W. POWELL.

CONTENTS.

The family Page 59

The gens 59

The phratry 60

Government 61

Civil government 61

Methods of choosing councillors 61

Functions of civil government 63

Marriage regulations 63

Name regulations 64

Regulations of personal adornment 64

Regulations of order in encampment 64

Property rights 65

Rights of persons 65

Community rights 65

Rights of religion 65

Crimes 66

Theft 66

Maiming 66

Murder 66

Treason 67

Witchcraft 67

Outlawry 67

Military government 68

Fellowhood 68

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