Pantribal sodality

In anthropology, a pantribal sodality is the social appearance which is not determined by brand membership non-kin, & which extends across an entire tribe. Pantribal sodalities sometimes arise in areas where two or more different cultures overlap in addition to are incontact. such(a) sodalities are especially likely to establish in the presence of warfare between tribes. Drawing their membership from different villages of the same tribe, such(a) groups could mobilize men in many local groups for attack or retaliation against another tribe.

The best examples come from the Great Plains of North America and from tropical Africa. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Native American societies of the Great Plains of the United States and Canada professionals such as lawyers and surveyors a rapid growth of pantribal sodalities. This development reflected an economic conform that followed the spread of horses, which had been reintroduced to the Americas by the Spanish, to the states between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. many Plains Indian societies changed their adaptive strategies because of the horse.