. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. to a family, bj^ 155 persons. In Oraibi, the largest vil-lage, there were 21 distinct clans, although 7 of them were representedby only 1 family each. In Shipaulovi, the smallest village, there were20 families of 2 clans, and three-fourths of the inhabitants lielongedto one of them. In addition there is one family of the Water people,and in fact in each of the villages one or more clans is represented byone family only. It will be noticed that in Shipaulovi the two dansweie still well separated
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. to a family, bj^ 155 persons. In Oraibi, the largest vil-lage, there were 21 distinct clans, although 7 of them were representedby only 1 family each. In Shipaulovi, the smallest village, there were20 families of 2 clans, and three-fourths of the inhabitants lielongedto one of them. In addition there is one family of the Water people,and in fact in each of the villages one or more clans is represented byone family only. It will be noticed that in Shipaulovi the two dansweie still well separated and occupied distinct (juarters, although thehouses of the village were continuous. The scattered appearance of the clans on the maps is moic apparentthan real. It is unfortunate that the phratral relations of the clanscoidd not be completely determined, and it is piobable that were thisdone the clans would be found to be well grouped even now. Eventh(> insufhcient data that we liav(> appear to show a tendency on thepart of the clans to form into groups at the present day, notwithstand- o. o I- D o 5 o
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