Clans
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be exogamous, meaning that their members cannot marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government, and exist in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show that they are an independent clan. The kinship-based bonds may also have a symbolic ancestor, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor …
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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 14 May 2024 English
Mary MacLeod was a rarity: a female bard in seventeenth-century Scotland. A chronicle of travel through the Scottish Hebrides, More Richly in Earth explores MacLeod’s life and legacy, preserved within …
new army and make fresh alliances with northern clans. Through the spring of 1646 he believed he would … Auldearn (which Mon- trose won with the help of other clans including the MacDonalds). But in April of 1646 …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 14 May 2024 English
NEW EDITION OF THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERTravel personality Robin Esrock explores the most unique experiences in British Columbia and Alberta in this inspiring, expanded guide from the bestselling Bucket List series.Having …
in context. Here, I learn about the two Haida clans — Eagles and Ravens — and how they balance each …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 2 April 2024 English
Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. …
yikh and dïdikh intermarried with the houses and clans of neighbouring nations, building a dense weave …
Entertainment Software Association of Canada · 25 March 2024 French
Cette priorité s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’objectif de développement durable de « permettre à tous de vivre en bonne santé et promouvoir le bien-être de tous à tout âge».2 …
solutions de rechange aux jeux de style Clash of Clans et Endless Runner. En tant que joueurs de jeux mobiles …
Entertainment Software Association of Canada · 21 March 2024 English
As teachers and parents have gained a greater understanding of the value of device-based learning to support both synchronous and asynchronous teacher-student education, and as teachers have had to learn …
provide learning-infused alternatives to Clash of Clans and Endless Runner-style games respectively. As …
CUISR: Community University Institute for Social Research · 21 March 2024 English
To address the shortage of nurses in rural Saskatchewan and make the health care system more culturally competent, in 2012, the College of Nursing of the University of Saskatchewan initiated …
contribute to the development of their families, clans, communities and nations” (AFN, 2010, p.4), 49 Empowered …
INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 12 February 2024 French
COVID-19 – Acceptabilité d’une dose de rappel de vaccin à l’automne 2022 chez la population adulte| Ce projet de recherche avait comme principal objectif de mieux comprendre les déterminants de …
vaccin, parce qu’effectivement il y avait comme deux clans. Préoccupations en lien avec les vaccins contre …
Invasive Species Council of BC · 25 January 2024
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presence on many crests within the Raven and Eagle Clans (COSEWIC 2015a). In terms of plants, the Silky Beach …
CCA: Council of Canadian Academies · 29 November 2023 English
Northern Research Leadership and Equity Expert Panel on the Future of Arctic and Northern Research in Canada Northern Research Leadership and Equity Expert Panel on the Future of Arctic and …
whole, with each side representing groupings of clans or families (Castillo et al., 2020). Stories of …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 17 November 2023 English
The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights …
particular individuals and/or social groups like clans, moieties, or phratries. As such, First Na- tions …
