Matrilineal

Matrilineal refers to a social system where lineage is traced through the mother's line rather than the father's.

Matrilineal is by descent from mothers to daughters.

Example : "The family had a matrilineal history of women doctors."

Matrilineal means the descendents are traced through the mother and not the father. Many Native American tribes were also matrilineal .

It means What did it mean when they say the society of the Haudenosaunee was matrilineal?