Women Warriors

Why There Are So Few Women Warriors

TABLE 6
Relation of Internal War to Population Size*

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FREQUENCY OF WARFARE	\|	POPULATION OVER 21,000	\|	POPULATION UNDER 21,000
FREQUENT WARFARE-SOME INTERNAL WAR (INCLUDING FEUDING)	\|	Amba	\|	Abipon	Nootka
	\|	Chagga	\|	Aleut	Orokaiva
	\|	Fang	\|	Andamans	Papago
	\|	Gisu	\|	Aranda	Pukapukans
	\|	Iban	\|	Aweikoma	Ramcocamecra
	\|	Ila	\|	Bellacoola	Squamish
	\|	Kapauku	\|	Coeur D'Alene	Tehuelche
	\|	Luo	\|	Comanche	Tiwi
	\|	Maori	\|	Copper Eskimo	Tlingit
	\|	Mapuche	\|	Goajiro	Trobrianders
	\|	Maria Gond	\|	Jivaro	Trukese
	\|	Masai	\|	Klallam	Tuareg
	\|	Mende	\|	Kurtatchi	Yokuts
	\|	Mutair	\|	Lesu	Yurok
	\|	Nama	\|	Maidu
	\|	Nuer	\|	Majuro
	\|	Rwala	\|	Marquesans
	\|	Sema	\|	Mataco
	\|	Shilluk	\|	Micmac
	\|	Tallensi	\|	Monachi
	\|	Tiv	\|	Murngin
	\|	Yao	\|	Nambicuara

FREQUENCY OF WARFARE	\|	POPULATION OVER 21,000	\|	POPULATION UNDER 21,000
LOW FREQUENCY OF WAR AND FEUDING OR EXCLUSIVE EXTERNAL WAR	\|	Khasi	\|	Ainu	Miskito
	\|	Lapps	\|	Angmasalik	Montagnais
	\|	Lepcha	\|	Barama Carib	Mundurucu
	\|	Nandi	\|	Beaver	Naskapi
	\|	Navaho	\|	Bororo	Nunamiut
	\|	Tanala	\|	Callinago	Pawnee
	\|	Tarahumara	\|	Cayapa	Pekangekum
	\|		\|	Chiricahua	Plains Cree
	\|		\|	Choroti	Sanpoil
	\|		\|	Crow	Santa Ana
	\|		\|	Delaware	Semang
	\|		\|	Dorobo	Shivwits
	\|		\|	East Pomo	Siriono
	\|		\|	Fox	Tapirape
	\|		\|	Gros Ventre	Tikopia
	\|		\|	Hano	Toda
	\|		\|	Havasupai	Trumai
	\|		\|	Hukundika	Tubatulabal
	\|		\|	Ifaluk	Vedda
	\|		\|	Kaska	Washo
	\|		\|	Kidutokodo	Yahgan
	\|		\|	Kung	Yavapai
	\|		\|	Kutenai	Yukkaghir
	\|		\|	Mandan	Yurak
	\|		\|	Mbuti	Zuni

*Data from Murdock (1967) when available for entire culture; othewise from Human Relations Area files; in a few cases from other sources if not available in first two. Phi coefficient = .30 Chi Square = 8.7; p < .01, two-tail test.