Clan

People could be identified by their clan, which is a group of people claiming descent from the same common ancestor; each clan would have a representative and a vote in all important councils held by the band (compare: Anishinaabe clan system ).

Darlita was born July 16, 1979, into the Kiyaa’áanii (Towering House Clan), born for Naakai dine’é (Mexican Clan).

Practiced by members of Konohagakure's Hyuga clan, the Gentle Fist is a hand-to-hand combat system In the clan's unique dojutsu abilities to target an opponent's chakra pathway system.

Dion was born Nov. 4, 1983, in Phoenix, into the Ts’ah yisk’idnii (Sage Brush Hill Clan), born for Mą’ii Deeshgiizhinii (Coyote Pass Clan).

The Kazekage clan is the strongest clan in the Hidden Sand Village.

The representative of Ikpa Ikono clan, Mrs Eno Afia, gave her support, adding that peace has been restored to Ikpa Ikono clan.

Macalester’s namesake and Scottish connection extends to Clan MacAlister, a branch of Clan Donald — one of the largest Scottish clans, located in the Highlands region of Scotland.

Egal immediately announced a non-clan pluralist system to propel the political process (Kibble, 2001:15) and aspiring parties were introduced to adopt an inclusive platform in an attempt to avoid clan and religious affiliations and loyalties.

A comedy starring Hsiao Ho (Hsiao Hou) as a disillusioned boxer of the Magic Clan who is sent to assassinate the former leader of a powerful boxer clan who refuses to dupe his students into believing they are impervious to firearms.

Family background The Kakinomoto clan into which Hitomaro was born was an aristocratic court clan of middling prestige and rank.

In fact, the social structure of a clan is probably most aptly compared to that of a wolf pack; in that each member has a clearly established rank and each clan has an alpha leader.

In matrilineal cultures the mother's brothers are usually the leading male figures in her children's lives; fathers have no standing in their wife and children's clan, as they still belong to their own mother's clan.

In the 1890s, on the island of Pohnpei, intermissionary conflicts and the conversion of clan leaders resulted in religious divisions along clan lines which persist today.

Like many Native American nations, the Muscogee Creek are matrilineal ; each person belongs to the clan of his or her mother, who belongs to the clan of her mother.

Many battles were prearranged, with the clan warriors meeting at an assigned place and time, while women and children of the clan watched the festivities from some distance away.

Most often the individual being ennobled would join an existing noble szlachta clan and assume the undifferentiated coat of arms of that clan.

Rivalry between two dominant families, the Athireege clan and the Kakaage clan was resolved with former winning the favour of the British authorities in Ceylon, who concluded a Protection Agreement in 1887.

The "Lord-Spirits" were the souls of clan leaders to whom any member of a clan could appeal for physical or spiritual help.

The Oda clan's siege of Ishiyama Hongan-ji in Osaka made some progress, but the Mori clan of the Chūgoku region broke the naval blockade and started sending supplies into the strongly fortified complex by sea.

The Wu-Tang clan also has many "affiliates" which receive support, financial and otherwise, from within the Clan.