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Nevertheless, it still might be possible that one clan might have a 

 traditional prohibition against marriage with another clan. How- 

 ever, I feel very sure that nothing of this kind exists. Size of clan and 

 the laws of chance are, I believe, adequate to account for the 

 marriages between the clans. 



Returning for a moment to Table 2, it is to be noted that of the 11 

 aliens, 7 are husbands; there is only 1 alien Indian wife, whereas there 

 are 3 or 4 (I do not know whether the Navaho half-breed was reared 

 with the Navahos or the Mexicans) aHen Indian husbands. Of the 

 white wives of Acoma men, there was 1 white vdie who lived on the 

 reservation for a time, but she has gone. Only 1 white husband is 

 living on the reservation, and he is tolerated (I believe) only because 

 he is HI. 



Table 1 shows a number of marriages within the Sim clan. This, 

 according to my informant, is due chiefly to the fact that quite a num- 

 ber of Sun clan people originally came from Santo Domingo and from 

 Zia. (When tlus immigration took place, the number of immigrants, 

 the reason for their change of residence, etc., were not learned.) But 

 it is also due, in part at least, to the weakening of the traditional 

 observance of clan exogamy; a number of the younger people speak 

 of it as being "old-time waj^s," somethmg not to be held sacred. 



With the cases of alien husbands, the children would, of course, 

 belong to the clan of the mother. Unfortunately, I did not learn 

 the status of children born to alien mothers. I believe that children 

 bom to white women (or even Mexican) would not be considered 

 Acoma people. I was told that the children born to the woman from 

 Jemez (or any woman from another pueblo) would belong to her clan. 

 If her clan corresponded to one in the village where she married she 

 would join that clan. If her clan had no equivalent in her husband's 

 pueblo she would start a new clan. (However, this whole matter 

 should receive further study.) 



Regarding marriage with non-Acoma persons, I received the impres- 

 sion quite decidedly that marriage outside the pueblo is not to be 

 encouraged, even with other pueblos, and marriage with whites or 

 Mexicans is disapproved of. 



Clan property. — There is no clan property as such. All property 

 is held and transmitted by individuals as members of a family group. 

 Both men and women own property and may transmit it to their 

 offspring. 



Clan and officials. — The cacique must always be a member of the 

 Antelope clan. This is the only instance of this kind; all other offi- 

 cers are selected without regard to clan affiliation. This holds true 

 for the secret societies as well. 



