| Summary: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-80) California State University, Northridge. Department of Anthropology. This thesis examines the causes of gender stratification in four matrilineal Native American societies, including the Chipewyan, Crow, Hopi, and Iroquois. Factors affecting women's status, such as female labor, contribution to subsistence, portrayal in mythology, and control over resources are analyzed to determine what affect, if any, these and other factors have upon gender stratification in these societies. The theories of Peggy Sanday, Ernestine Friedl, and Joyce Mccarl Nielsen relating to gender stratification and economy are evaluated using the data obtained in this study.
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