Growing Up Sexually

NOOTKA (North-American Natives)

Index→ Americas → North America → North American Natives → Nootka

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See also: North-America Non-Natives

 “As for chiefs, it is not uncommon for them to purchase wives but eight or ten years old. While purchase is made at such early age, the young brides remain under parental care until they are sixteen years old or thereabouts” (Koppert, 1930:p49-50)^[1][113].

Janssen, D. F., Growing Up Sexually. VolumeI. World Reference Atlas. 0.2 ed. 2004. Berlin: Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology

Last revised: Sept 2004