Omaha kinship

Omaha kinship is a system used to define. Identified by in his  work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Omaha system is one of the six major kinship systems (,, , , , and ).

Kinship system
In function, the system is extremely similar to the system. However, whereas Crow groups are, Omaha descent groups are characteristically. In this system relatives are sorted according to their descent and their gender. Ego's father and his brothers are merged together under a single term and a similar pattern is seen for Ego's mother and her sisters. Like most other kinship systems, Omaha kinship distinguishes between Parallel and Cross cousins. While s are merged with siblings, s are differentiated by generational divisions. On the maternal side Cross cousins are raised a generation (making them Ego's Mother's Brother and Ego's Mother) while those on the paternal side are lowered a generation (making them the generational equivalent of Ego's Children's).

The system is similar to and uses , however, only the Iroquois system uses BM as a label.

Usage
The system is named for the, a tribe from. Currently the Omaha system is in use by the tribe of  and the  of.

Sources & External links

 * William Haviland, Cultural Anthropology, Wadsworth Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-534-27479-X
 * The nature of kinship
 * Omaha kin terms