26 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL had been obliterated.3! The map of one ofthe islands of Enewetak Atoll (Medren) showing wato division lines appears on Figure |-28. One facet of Enewetak Atoll culture that differed from that of other Marshall Islands was the system ofland tenure and inheritance. In the rest of the Marshalls, matrilineal is the rule. The land tenure system at Enewetak was, in ideal and in practice. a bilateral one. [n most cases, a married couple divided the land which each had inherited among their children, and a child usually received some tand from both his father and mother. As the younger islanders matured, they worked the land with their parents. As the parental generation died and as membersof the next generation married and produced children, the process was repeated with parents allocating land among their offspring.32 Every individual possessed rights to some land on islands away from the settlements of Enewetak and Enjebi. All land in the atoll was held by someone. with the exception of one parcel on Enewetak Island which was donated for the location of a church. The people resided on their landholdings on Enjebi and Enewetak Islands. In most cases, households were headed by males and were situated upon land held by them. Ideally, residence was patrilocal, i.e., upon marriage, females moved to their husband’s households, although —~ @—, exceptions to the rule did occur.33 LEO TORKED | aNEVAL? CINEGA acoeN ~ GIKEY Aa TALES CISRET ALMIRA LOKOIENE / LIMANWA FIGURE 1-28. MEDREN ISLAND SHOWING NAMES AND BOUNDARIES OF WATOS.