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| | Joshua Tree NP: Native American Ethnography And Ethnohistory (Serrano) |
 | | The Maringa (Mariña) Serrano, one of the most visible of Serrano groups in the historical period, occupied the south easternmost reaches of this territory, and were the most important Serrano clan, at least in the 19th century, after many of the Serranos who lived nearer the coast were taken into Mission San Gabriel in 1811. |
 | | The territory of the Serrano, a non-political ethnic nationality (Kroeber 1925:615-616), was divided among a number of politically independent groups, which were patrilineal, patrilocal corporate clans, each of whom belonged to either of two exogamous moieties, Coyote or Wildcat. |
 | | Serrano world view, like its culture in general, is less well known than that of some of their neighbors, such as the Cahuilla. |
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