No alliances are formed with other groups
Residential kin group form alliances with other groups from time to time
Tribe or district organization is invoked to form alliances with other groups
Village or band organization is invoked to form alliances with other groups

No political organization, but mediation or arbitration between litigants by third party occurs
No political organization or third-party arbitration between litigants
Tribe or district organization is invoked to punish crimes
Village or band organization is invoked to punish crimes

A single tribal sodality that is composed of all the mature males and females in the society
A single tribal sodality that is composed of all the mature males and females in the society, but there are several different chapters of the sodality in the local community (e.g., Western Pueblo Kachina cults)
A tribal sodality that includes all mature males in the society, but there are several different chapters of the sodality in the local community
A tribal sodality that includes all mature males in the society. It excludes all others from membership
Both male and female tribal sodalities, one for each sex
No tribal sodality

Restricted sodality or sodalities for a select(sometimes self-selected) number of men and women
Restricted sodality or sodalities for men only

Male sodalities outnumber and were more important in function than female sodalities
No dominance in numbers of sodalities or functions of sodalities by male groups over female groups
No restricted sodalities

Performed economic services, e.g., hunting for larger society, in addition to 2, 3, and 4
Performed religious rituals (including rituals for fertility, weather control, etc.), dances, songs, etc.

No restricted sodalities
Sodality members performed all sodality functions (except initiations) in public
Sodality members performed all sodality functions in secret--not for public
Some restricted sodality functions were performed in secret; some were partly public

No restricted sodalities
Restricted sodalities perform at times for the benefit of members and at times for the benefit of nonmembers
Restricted sodalities perform for the benefit of members only (e.g., personal dances, spirit seekings health improvement, and the like)
Restricted sodalities perform for the benefit of nonmembers in the society at large (e.g., to cure nonmembers, to insure good crops or rain, to entertain with fine dances, and so forth)
The society has some restricted sodalities that are wholly for the benefit of members, and some that are for the benefit of members and nonmembers