Clans in [[indigenous]] [[societies]] are likely to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exogamy exogamous], meaning that their members cannot marry one another. In some [[societies]], clans may have an official leader such as a chieftain or patriarch; in others, [[leadership]] positions may have to be [[achieved]], or people may say that 'elders' make [[decisions]]. | Clans in [[indigenous]] [[societies]] are likely to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exogamy exogamous], meaning that their members cannot marry one another. In some [[societies]], clans may have an official leader such as a chieftain or patriarch; in others, [[leadership]] positions may have to be [[achieved]], or people may say that 'elders' make [[decisions]]. |