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36 Cards in this Set
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kinship
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people in relation to one another
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fictive kin
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chosen kin
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consanguinal kin
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related by birth
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affinal kin
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related by marriage
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nuclear family
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two-generation family
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extended family
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three or more generation family
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conjugal family
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spousal pair
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blended
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a family in which divorced or widowed people marry
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family of orientation
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family in which one is raised and enculterated
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family of procreation
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family one estabilshes
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descent group
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kin who are descendents of a common ancestor extending beyond two generations
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patrilineal groups
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membership based on father's line
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matrilineal groups
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membership based on mother's line
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clans
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group comprised of related lineages
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marriage
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socially approved sexual and economic relationship
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exogamy
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marriage outside a group
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endogamy
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marriage within a group
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polygamy
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having two or more spouses
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polygyny
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a man with several wives
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polyandry
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a woman with several husbands
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religion
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beliefs and rituals explaining the unknown, the afterlife, and creation
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magic
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rituals employed to control/compel the supernatural
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imitative magic
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imitating a desired result will cause it to occur
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contagious magic
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objects once in contact with intended victim have influence
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sympathetic magic
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objects symbolic of the intended victim have influence
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shamanism
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part time specialist who has a special rapport with the supernatural world
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art
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the application of imagination, skill, and style to matter, movement, and sound that goes beyond the practical
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myths
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traditional sacred narrative that explains existence and why the world is the way it is
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legends
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sacred or secular stories told as true that recount the great deeds of human heroes
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folktales
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creative secular fiction
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Navajo East
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dawn, beginning, talking god, Mount Blanca
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Navajo South
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midday, thinking, calling god, Mount Taylor
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Navajo West
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evening, living, San Francisco Peak
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Kinaalda
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Four day blessing and instruction coming of age ceremony
Occurs shortly after a girl’s first menses The girl “becomes” Changing Woman Braiding of the girl’s hair; Instructions for a good life are given; Prayers are sung; the girl wears new clothes; Ceremonial Corn Cake; Running; Molding |
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Hogans
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Navajo traditional homes
hogans – “home place” Dirt floors with a central fire hearth Men’s hogans were four-post structures Women’s hogans were six-post structures The floor is the earth and the ceiling is the sky Dinétah itself is a hogan The first Hogan was designed by Talking God – “haashch’ééłti’í” New hogans are blessed with cornmeal |
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hozho
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Universal harmony, beauty, balance, health
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