In Ojibwe tradition, the main task after a death is to bury the body as soon as possible, the very next day or even on the day of death. This system of kinship reflects the Anishinaabe philosophy of interconnectedness and balance among all living generations, as well as of all generations of the past and of the future. Great-grandparents and older generations, as well as great-grandchildren and younger generations, are collectively called aanikoobijigan. For example, ninooshenh is 'my mother's sister' or 'my father's sister-in-law'-i.e., my parallel-aunt, but also 'my parent's female cross-cousin'. Complexity wanes further from the speaker's immediate generation, but some complexity is retained with female relatives. The modified system allows for younger siblings to share the same kinship term with younger cross-cousins. As with any bifurcate-merging kinship system, siblings generally share the same kinship term with parallel cousins because they are all part of the same clan. It is considered a modified bifurcate mergingkinship system. Ojibwe understanding of kinship is complex, and includes not only the immediate family but also the extended family.
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