Australian aborigines required strangers to map kinship ties before entering camp

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Aboriginal children belonged to the kinship network, not to their biological parents — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 5252

Related

• Aboriginal children belonged to the kinship network, not to their biological parents (similarity 0.94)
• Australian tribes required knowing a stranger’s kinship relation before admitting him to camp (similarity 0.80)
• Australian tribes admitted strangers only if kinship ties could be established. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Aboriginal children belonged to the kinship network, not to their biological parents #expands (0.70) — , The Rod and the Child, 5252