Women in Native American Societies || Dr Roy Casagranda

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]So the Apaches are matrinal and matrinal. In other words, your family comes through your mother, not through your father. And so when you're with your mother's family, you say Mr. and miss to your aunts because you have to and uncles because you have to show them respect. But when you're with your father's family, you use first names because you don't have to show them respect. It's that kind of society.

[00:00:24]That's the matrinal part. The natural local part is when you marry, you move in with your wife's family. As a result, divorce is actually kind of interesting because only women can own property. Men can't own property.