Critical Thinking Paper: Kinship Organizations

Kinship systems in Foraging and Horticultural based societies provide support for people in all stages of their life. Address the following in a two- to three-page paper:

* Identify and describe the kinship system of one of the cultures listed below. These cultures are found in Chapters 3 and 4 of your text.
o San
o Australian Aborigines
o Btsisi
o Inuit of the Artic
o Iroquois
o Yanomamo
* Briefly describe the culture and identify three specific examples of how the kinship system of the chosen culture impacts the way this culture behaves (i.e. thinks, acts, lives).
* Compare this to your own society. Does kinship impact these same behaviors in your own life? Why or why not?

I chose the Iroquois