The following list includes societies that have been argued to practice matrilineality or matrilocality. "Matrilineal" means kinship or property is passed down through the maternal line. "Matrilocal" means new families are established in proximity to the wives extended family of origin, not that of the husband.

+ Culture Region Residence Lineage Reference Abui Alor archipelago Patrilocal BothAkanWest AfricaBothMatrilineal Akimel Oʼodham Aridoamerica Matrilocal Patrilineal Amis Taiwan Matrilocal Matrilineal Aneuk Jamee Sumatra Matrilocal Matrilineal Apache Aridoamerica Matrilocal Matrilineal Bakor Niger Delta Patrilocal Matrilineal Basques Pyrenees Matrilocal Matrilineal Batek Sumatra Both Both Bijago Bissagos Islands Patrilocal Matrilineal BillavaMalabar CoastPatrilocalMatrilineal Bontoc people Luzon Patrilocal Both Boyowan Trobriand Islands Patrilocal Matrilineal Bribri Cordillera de Talamanca Matrilocal MatrilinealBunt Malabar Coast Patrilocal MatrilinealCantabriIberia Matrilocal MatrilinealChamorroMicronesia Patrilocal MatrilinealGuampedia Chams Champa Matrilocal Matrilineal Cherokee Southeastern Woodlands Matrilocal Matrilineal Chickasaw Southeastern Woodlands Matrilocal Matrilineal Choctaw Southeastern Woodlands Matrilocal Matrilineal Danes Læsø Matrilocal Matrilineal Gårdene gik i arv på spindesiden. Kvinderne drev landbruget, medens mændene mest tog sig af strandinger og fiskeri og hjalp med pløjning og tærskning.The farms were inherited in the distaff side. The women drive agriculture, while men most took care of shipwrecks and fishing and helped with plowing and threshing. Stoklund, Bjarne: "Arbejde og kønsroller på Læsø o. 1200-1900" "Kvindefællesskaber" (Anna Birte Ravn og Marianne Rostgård). Durotriges Great Britain Matrilocal Matrilineal Russell, M., Smith, M., Cheetham, P., Evans, D., & Manley, H. (2019). The girl with the chariot medallion: a well-furnished, Late Iron Age Durotrigian burial from Langton Herring, Dorset. Archaeological Journal, 176(2), 196–230. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2019.1573551 Enggano Enggano Island Matrilocal Matrilineal Fore New Guinea Minority Matrilocal Both Fur Darfur Matrilineal Matrilocal Gallaeci Iberia Matrilocal Matrilineal Garo Zomia Matrilocal Matrilineal Gitxsan Pacific Northwest Patrilocal Matrilineal Guna Darien Gap Matrilocal Matrilineal Hallstatt Europe Unknown Matrilineal Haudenosaunee Great Lakes Matrilocal Matrilineal Hopi Aridoamerica Matrilocal Matrilineal Huaorani Andes Matrilocal Both Iban Borneo Both Neither Imazighen Sahara Matrilineal Matrilocal Jaintia Zomia Matrilocal Matrilineal Jemez Aridoamerica Matrilocal Matrilineal Paul Kirchhoff, "Gatherers and Farmers in the Greater Southwest: A Problem in Classification", American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 56, No. 4, Southwest Issue (August 1954), pp. 529–550 Jews Levant Patrilocal Matrilineal Agassi, Judith Buber, (1989) "Theories of Gender Equality: Lessons from the Israeli Kibbutz", Gender and Society, 3/2, 160-186. Chicham peoples Amazon Matrilocal Both Karen Zomia Matrilocal Matrilineal Marshall, Harry Ignatius (1922). "The Karen People of Burma: A Study in Anthropology and Ethnology." Ohio State University Bulletin 26(13). Keres Aridoamerica Matrilocal Matrilineal Kerinci Sumatra Matrilocal Matrilineal C. W. Watson Kinship, Property and Inheritance in Kerinci, Central Sumatra 1992 Khasi Zomia Matrilocal Matrilineal The Khasis by P. R. T. Gurdon Kom Ambazonia Patrilocal Matrilineal Kung Kalahari Desert Matrilocal Both Lenape Lenapehoking Matrilocal Matrilineal Lesbian Aegean Islands Matrilocal Matrilineal Mahl Lakshadweep archipelago Separate Matrilineal Marshallese Micronesia Matrilocal Matrilineal Minangkabau Sumatra Separate Matrilineal Mohican Northeastern Woodlands Matrilocal Matrilineal Mosuo Hengduan Mountains Separate Matrilineal Mukomuko Sumatra Matrilocal Matrilineal Muscogee Southeastern Woodlands Matrilocal Matrilineal Nair Malabar Coast Matrilocal Matrilineal Navajo Aridoamerica Matrilocal Matrilineal Ngada Flores Matrilocal Matrilineal Ngazidja Comoro Islands Matrilocal Matrilineal Nipmuc New England Matrilocal Matrilineal Nubians Nile valley Patrilocal Matrilineal Ovambo Cuvelai-Etosha Basin Patrilocal Matrilineal Marriage in a matrilineal African tribe: A social anthropological study of marriage in the Ondonga tribe in Ovamboland. Parisi (Arras) Great Britain Matrilocal Matrilineal Petalangan Riau Archipelago Matrilocal Matrilineal Picts Great Britain Non-matrilocal Matrilineal Powhatan Northeastern Woodlands Matrilocal Matrilineal Rhade Dak Lak Plateau Matrilocal Matrilineal Lebar, Frank M.; Gerald C. Hickey; John K. Musgrave (1964). Ethnic Groups of Mainland Southeast Asia. New Haven, Connecticut: Human Relations Area Files Press. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-25414. Sakai Malay peninsula Matrilocal Matrilineal Seminole Florida peninsula Matrilocal Matrilineal Serer Sahel Patrilocal Both Gravrand, Henry, "La civilisation sereer, vol. II: Pangool", Nouvelles éditions africaines, Dakar (1990), pp 193-4, Becker, Charles, "Vestiges historiques, témoins matériels du passé dans les pays sereer", Dakar (1993), CNRS - ORS TO M Excerpt (Retrieved: 23 July 2012) Sinyar Sahel Matrilocal Matrilineal Siraya Taiwan Matrilocal Matrilineal Tai people Southeast Asia Matrilocal Matrilineal Taiwanese Taiwan Matrilocal Matrilineal Tiwi Australia Patrilocal Matrilineal Tlingit Pacific Northwest Matrilocal Matrilineal Tsimshian Pacific Northwest Matrilocal Matrilineal Vanatinai Tagula Island Matrilocal Matrilineal Wampanoag New England Matrilocal Matrilineal Wayuu Guajira Peninsula Matrilocal Matrilineal Friedemann, Nina S. de, Jaime Arocha Rodríguez (1982) “Herederos del jaguar y la anaconda”; pp 289-338 “8. Guajiros: amos de la arrogancia y del cacto”; Carlos Valencia Editores Bogotá ISBN 84-8277-088-8|quote= (…) "los hombres en el acto de procreación contribuyen con su sangre –asháa–, a tiempo que las mujeres participan con la carne –eiruku–. Los hijos, tanto los varones como las mujeres, heredan la sangre del padre, pero solamente las madres pueden transmitirles la carne y el “apellido”. Así, un guajiro, sea sea hombre o mujer, tiene más relaciones económicas y sociales con la familia materna, sus parientes de carne, que con la paterna, sus parientes de sangre""The men in the act of procreation contribute with their blood -asháa-, while the women participate with their flesh -eiruku-. The children, both males and females, inherit the blood of the father, but only the mothers can transmit the flesh and the "surname". Thus, a guajiro, whether male or female, has more economic and social relations with the maternal family, his or her relatives of flesh, than with the paternal family, his or her relatives of blood." Wemale Seram Matrilocal Matrilineal Zuni Aridoamerica Matrilocal Matrilineal

See also Clan mother Matriclans Matriarchy

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