2m

Matrilineal Society: Division of Labor

Jeannie Barbour

• Matriarchs

Jeannie Barbour explains how women were keepers of the land, overseers of work that took place in the fields, gatherers of food and materials.

2m

The Southeast Clan System Defined Societal Structure

LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist, Department of History & Culture, Chickasaw Nation

LaDonna elaborates on the societal structure clans provided, such as who could be leaders, doctors or warriors.

2m

Muskogean Tribes: Clan Systems Organized Life

Joshua Hinson, Director, Language Department, Division of Culture & Humanities, Chickasaw Nation

Clan structure and the smaller house groups were organizing forces from the Mississippian period until the middle 1800s.

1m 30s

The Ancient Language of Clans

Joshua Hinson

• Arts & Music

Joshua Hinson describes how his family learned the history of its clan, the Panther Clan.

1m 30s

Clan Systems in a Matrilineal Society

LaDonna Brown, Tribal Anthropologist, Department of History & Culture, Chickasaw Nation

LaDonna Brown explains how the clan system provided a societal structure for the southeastern tribes.

2m 30s

The Five Tribes: Matrilineal Societies

Jeannie Barbour

• Matriarchs

Jeannie Barbour explains that southeastern tribes share a matrilineal societal organization.

1m 30s

Matriarchs in a Business World

Andrea Horner

Andrea Horner addresses the matriarchal society of the Chickasaw Nation.

1m 30s

Chickasaw Women Held Positions of Power and Respect

Dr. Daniel Littlefield

• Dynamic Chickasaw Women

The matrilineal structure meant most property belonged to Chickasaw women, not men.