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Die Feuerland Indianer
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Historical SummaryAvoidances are neither so severe nor apparently so widespread in America as in Africa and Australia. It is always impossible to determine precisely the incidence of a practice or the degree of borrowing involved. Observers may report that a custom is present or is lacking, or they may not mention it at all. But Lowie reports from an inspection of his notes that the mother-in-law tabu is present in twenty-seven American tribes, lacking in seventeen, and otherwise undetermined.1
The restrictions as to intercourse between certain relations, which are so widespread in North America, exist also among the Arapaho. A man and his mother-in-law may not look at or speak to each other. If, however, he gives her a horse, he may speak to her and see her. The same restrictions exist between father and daughter-in-law as between mother and son-in-law, say the Arapaho (though perhaps they are less rigid).2
1Lowie, R.H.n/an/an/an/a, "Notes on the Social Organization and Customs of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Crow Indians," Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Anth. Pap., 21: 91.
2 Kroeber, A. L., "The Arapaho," Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Anth. Pap., 18: 10.
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Chicago: "Die Feuerland Indianer," Die Feuerland Indianer in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed September 18, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SQKJWB6I85NP4QT.
MLA: . "Die Feuerland Indianer." Die Feuerland Indianer, Vol. 21, in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, edited by Thomas, William I., New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937, Original Sources. 18 Sep. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SQKJWB6I85NP4QT.
Harvard: , 'Die Feuerland Indianer' in Die Feuerland Indianer. cited in 1937, Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. , McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 18 September 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SQKJWB6I85NP4QT.
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