Diagram of matrilineal kinship
About this illustration
Adapted from a diagram in Theda Perdue, "Cherokee Women," Tar Heel Junior Historian 23, no. 3 (Spring 1984): 3.
- Date created
- November 27, 2007
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This diagram shows matrilineal kinship as it existed in Cherokee culture. In the diagram, Quatie is a Cherokee girl; the shaded shapes are people related to her by blood, while the dotted line encloses people who would live together in her household.
