11. The Tsimshian have a matrilineal kinship system, with property and descent passed through the maternal lines. 12. They have a matrilineal kinship system, with descent and inheritance passed through the mother's line. 13. In the traditional Navajo culture, local leadership was organized around clans, which are matrilineal kinship groups. 14. They have a matrilineal kinship system; hereditary chiefs are selected through the maternal line by clan mothers. 15. Such as a matrilineal kinship system is common among many other Native American peoples, including other Algonquian tribes. 16. As the Seminole had a matrilineal kinship system, they believed children belonged to their mother's people. 17. Social traits included having a matrilineal kinship system, exogamous marriage between clans, and organizing into settled villages and towns. 18. The Seminole society was based on a matrilineal kinship system, in which inheritance and descent went through the maternal line. 19. Like many Native American peoples, the Chitimacha had a matrilineal kinship system, in which property and descent passed through the female lines. 20. The Seneca and all the Iroquois peoples had a matrilineal kinship system, in which descent and property were passed through the maternal line.
