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The Mehennabessay 1966 • Callender, Charles
Nubians • Africa > Northern Africa
This work documents the continuity of the lineage as the basic principle of Kenuz social organization, drawing on in-depth analysis of structures and functions within a local lineage, the members of which collectively owned property, including land, ...Social organization of the central Algonkian Indiansbook chapter 1962 • Callender, Charles
Fox • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This source is composed of sections of Callender's study of Central Algonquin social organization. Through the use of written documents and logical inference, Callender reconstructs aboriginal social organization of various tribes and traces the hist...Foxessay 1978 • Callender, Charles
Fox • North America > Eastern Woodlands
This article, based primarily on secondary source material, presents a succinct culture summary of Fox ethnography from approximately 1660 to 1955. Included is information on language, external relations, tribal composition, subsistence activities, s...Life-crisis rituals among the KenuzBook 1971 • Callender, Charles & El Guindi, Fadwa
Nubians • Africa > Northern Africa
This document provides descriptions of major life-crisis rituals among the Kenuz, held by families, lineage groups and village communities to mark events such as birth, circumcision, marriage, the departure of migrant laborers, and death. The authors...