MICHELSON— PIEGAN CONSANGUINITY 



25 ni's, my brother-in-law (spoken by female),? probable error. 



26 na c a'xs, my grandparents (both sides), my granduncles, my grandaunts 



(both sides in each case), my parents-in-law. 



27 nitsi'na € axs, my grandfather, my father-in-law. 



28 nitdxso^ko* 11 , my father's brother's or sister's father-in-law or mother-in-law. 



29 n'-do'-to'-yose (taken from Morgan, probably nito'toyos phonetically), my 



sister's son-in-law (male speaker), my brother's daughter-in-law (female 

 speaker) . 



These schedules do not include every conceivable term, but they 

 are at least sufficient to form a fairly accurate opinion of the system. 

 As stated above, the terms with female speaker were obtained only 

 incidentally; with female informants probably more could be ob- 

 tained. Wherever terms are restricted to male speakers according 

 to my informants, that has been noted. 



The following diagram will show the system of the Piegan terms 

 of blood-relationship, with ego a male. The numbers refer to the 

 above schedules. 



DIAGRAM OF PIEGAN TERMS OF BLOOD-RELATIONSHIP 



grandaunt granduncle — grandfather grandmother 

 26 26 26, 27 26 



grandmother grandfather — granduncle grandaunt 

 26 26, 27 26 26 



father's sister 

 6 



father's brother father 

 3 



mother 

 2 



mother's sister 



mother's brother 

 3 



elder brother younger brother self elder sister youneer sister 



3 4 (male) 6 (sister 5) 4 



elder brother's children 

 4 



n 



elder sister's children 

 4 



son (stepson) daughter (stepdaughter) 



18 



14 



grandson granddaughter 

 IS 16 



19 



grandson 

 15 



granddaughter 

 16 



The next diagram presents a part of the Piegan system of relation- 

 ship by blood. The numbers refer to those in the schedules above. 



It is highly probable that na e d'xsa £ " (24) is only a case-form of 

 na'axs (26). According to Professor Uhlenbeck, vowels are short 

 before x; if so, the conjecture becomes a certainty. Obviously the 

 terms for son, grandson, stepson; sister's son (female speaker); 



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