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ever, they do not manifest any recognizable internal structure of 

 authority, and residence group membership does not a priori deter- 

 mine interaction within a resident lineage. Consequently, resident 

 lineage membership, unlike household and residence group member- 

 ship, cannot be determined by inspection and without reference to 

 genealogies. 



The entire territory of Shonto community is divided among 12 

 resident lineages, each including one or more residence groups, as 

 shown in map 3. These can be further reduced to three or pos- 

 sibly four original population elements (see "Navaho Settlement," 

 pp. 37-39). Each resident lineage has developed through the multi- 

 plication and expansion of an original preempting family within 

 the community, such that each has its own distinct, contiguous ter- 

 ritory. The incidental consequence of this historical development 

 is that resident lineages tend to fulfill within themselves both of 

 the two principal conditions necessary to Navaho social interaction : 

 geographic and consanguinal proximity. A high degree of internal 

 interaction inevitably results. It is not, however, structurally dic- 

 tated as is the case in households and residence groups. Indeed, 

 overt hostility is sometimes found to exist between residence groups 

 in the same resident lineage, such that neither will assume any 

 economic or social responsibility for the other. 



In Shonto community, membership in resident lineages is shown 

 in table 9. 



The basic structure of resident lineages differs little from that 

 of households and residence groups; all normally develop from the 

 multiplication of an original nuclear family. Shonto's resident line- 

 ages may include the households of siblings of either sex plus their 

 married children and grandchildren of either sex. Lineage No. 1, 

 the largest in the community, includes the households of one female 

 and two male siblings in the oldest generation; four females and 

 three males in the first descending generation; and four females 

 and one male in the second descending generation. Lineage No. 7 

 includes households of one surviving female and two surviving male 

 siblings in the oldest generation; three females and eight males in 



Table 9. — Household and residence group composition of resident lineages at 



Shonto (cf. map 1) 



Resident lineage No. 



(1) 

 (2) 

 (3) 

 (4) 

 (5) 

 (6) 

 (7) 



Number of 



residence 



groups 



Number of 

 households 



Resident lineage No. 



(8) 



(9) 



(10) 



(11) 



(12) 



(?) 



(School) 



Number of 



residence 



groups 



Number of 

 households 



