Meanings of organize in gentes in inglés

Whether these tribes at this time were organized in gentes and phratries is not known.

It may be suggested as probable that the Mound-Builders were organized in gentes, phratries, and tribes.

At the epoch of European discovery the American Indian tribes generally were organized in gentes, with descent in the female line.

All these tribes were organized in gentes or clans, and the gentes of each tribe were usually reintegrated in two or more phratries.

Some of them, as the Mokis and Lagunas, are organized in gentes, and governed by a council of chiefs, each village being independent and self-governing.