Aboriginal children belonged to the kinship network, not to their biological parents

Evidence

Within the skin system, every adult of the appropriate kinship classification has parenting authority over every child of the corresponding classification. The biological parents are primary caregivers but not exclusive disciplinary authorities. The child belongs to the kinship network — to “country,” to the Dreaming, to the totemic landscape that gives the child spiritual identity. — , The Rod and the Child, 5252

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the Māori whānau and Hawaiian ohana distributive-authority structure — a shared Pacific/pre-contact pattern. — connects to: Pre-contact societies worldwide share communal kins-hased child-rearing without routine household beating — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 5256; Australian aborigines required strangers to map kinship ties before entering camp
• DEFINE: Explains the skin system’s core implication for child-rearing authority in concrete terms.

Related

• Australian aborigines required strangers to map kinship ties before entering camp (similarity 0.94)
• Pre-contact societies worldwide share communal kins-hased child-rearing without routine household beating (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Pre-contact societies worldwide share communal kins-hased child-rearing without routine household beating #corroborates (0.70) — , The Rod and the Child, 5256