HDFS202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Mexican Americans, Nuclear Family

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS202
• Professor: Sherif- Trask Bahira

Document Summary

Chapter 3: the family in the historical perspective. Few households were made up of extended families. Community had the right to intervene in families who did not perform their duties properly. Lived in small commonwealth communities composed of ~100 settlements. Varied from 1 indian society to another. Polygyny: common among 20+% of marriages among indians in the nw coast. 25% n. american indian tribes: matrilineal children traced family descent through mother"s line. Women owned houses, furniture, fields, gardens, tools, livestock. Exploited abundant gold resources, forests, fertile land, fur. Missionaries were determined to convert the savages christians.