▁mostly ▁h unter - g ather ers . ▁However , ▁rule ▁of ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁did ▁develop ▁among ▁some ▁Canadian ▁ind igen ous ▁pe op les ▁who ▁pract iced ▁agricult ure , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Mont agna is , ▁the ▁K utch in , ▁the ▁P ik ang ik um , ▁the ▁O j ib wa , ▁the ▁Kl all am ▁and ▁the ▁A ts uge wi . ▁Canadian ▁ind igen ous ▁pe op les ▁were ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁ancient ▁Th ule ▁culture , ▁of ▁which ▁little ▁is ▁known ▁with ▁certain ty . ▁ ▁Other ▁sources ▁ ▁Inter gener ational ▁wealth ▁transmission ▁among ▁agricult ural ists ▁tends ▁to ▁be ▁rather ▁une qual . ▁Only ▁slightly ▁more ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁soci eties ▁studied ▁practice ▁equal ▁division ▁of ▁real ▁property ; ▁custom s ▁to ▁preserve ▁land ▁relatively ▁int act ▁( most ▁commonly ▁prim ogen iture ) ▁are ▁very ▁common . ▁We alth ▁trans fers ▁are ▁more ▁eg al itar ian ▁among ▁past oral ists , ▁but ▁une qual ▁inheritance ▁custom s ▁also ▁prev ail ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁soci eties , ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁strongly ▁pat ril ine al . ▁ ▁A ▁study ▁of ▁ 3 9 ▁non - West ern ▁soci eties ▁found ▁many ▁custom s ▁that ▁distinguished ▁between ▁children ▁according ▁to ▁their ▁sex ▁and ▁birth ▁order . ▁First ▁sons , ▁in ▁comparison ▁to ▁other ▁sons , ▁" are ▁likely ▁to ▁inherit ▁or ▁otherwise ▁gain ▁control ▁of ▁more ▁family ▁land , ▁liv est ock , ▁or ▁other ▁wealth ."