List of peoples of Cusinaut: Difference between revisions

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==A-D==

{{defn |1=The Acuera are a stateless, seminomadic people living on the northern fringe of [[Cusinaut]] and the Boreal Zone. They number at about thirty thousand people. They first travelled to the area from the south in the 3rd Century BC. During the existence of the [[Northern Confereration]] and its successor, [[Algoquon]]a, a large portion of the Acuera people worked for both states as pathfinders and skirmishers, and this is reflected in their marginalization as a people outside of those few living in the [[Algosh Republic]].}}

{{defn |1=The Ashkenauk are a people native to north-central [[Cusinaut]] and are the primary population of [[Ashkenang]]. They number at roughly eighteen million persons, which is split between the Toposa Ashkenauk, Yanota Ashkenauk, Atakapa Ashkenauk, and Mishauk tribes. The Toposa live near the border of [[Maloka]] and [[Sabnaki]], the Yanota and Atakapa in the heartland, and the Mishauk on the fringes in the north and west. They are unified by a common dialect and ancestry, and were one of the predominant peoples in the Northern Confederation. Ashkenauk polities are reliant on mass politics and less centrally heirarchical than most of their neighbors, and their form of [[M'acunism]] emphasizes the sacrifice of part of their food to household Kānenaka and local spirits. Unlike other traditions, the Ashkenauk burn their offerings in ceremonial square pits lines with brick and pour the ashes into rivers instead of blootletting. Large sacrifices are seen as ostentatious bragging, while consistent small offerings are taken as humble and honest.}}

{{defn |1=The Algosh are a people native to north-eastern [[Cusinaut]] and were the primary political group in control of [[Algoquona]]. They are among the most populous peoples of Cusinaut numbering just around 30,000,000. They are native to the [[Algosh Republic]], which is the state of the Algosh people.}}

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{{defn |1=The Great Chenango are constituent members of the [[Chenango Confederacy]] and consist of about 4.8 million people, and make up a majority of the population of the Confederacy. WIP}}

{{defn |1=The Hasinai are a people in northern [[Ashkenang]] numbering 20,000. They settled in their current homeland after migrating from southern [[Maloka]] around the Fourteenth Century and at their height numbered 110,000. They were one of the few groups to resist [[Algoquona|Algosh]] invasion directly, and as a result, were crushed and a large number of them (as many as thirty thousand) being spread across Algoquona and disintegrated as a community. The remaining community is one of the poorest in Ashkenang.}}

{{defn |1=The Honeoye are a constituent group of [[New Yustona]] and number at approximately half a million. They were previously one of the four main constituent groups of the [[Nysdra Provisional Republic]], were a people dominated by [[Algoquona]], and were a founding member of the [[Northern Confederation]]. They are unique among the peoples of Cusinaut as they have no known relations to other tribal groups or peoples; they are one of the few fully freestanding peoples in Cusinaut. Their lands exist on the eastern shore of Cusinaut just to the northeast of the pre-war border of [[New Yustona]]. With a large coastal territory, the Honeoye are known to be some of the most experienced mariners and navigators of the [[Nysdra]], being some of the most prodigious and most productive fishermen of the northern Crona area. Consequently, the Honeoye are well-known for having a fish-based diet. Within the practices of [[M'acunism]], the Honeoye are also well-known for their large sacrifices of fish, and during the 20th century, the Honeoye experienced large economic growth as a major exporter of fish for sacrifice to the other members of the [[Northern Confederation]]. The coastal cities of the Honeoye are well developed as a result and many of them have relatively modern port infrastructure and urban life by Occidental standards. The Honeoye hinterlands, however, are much like the hinterlands of the rest of Cusinaut - dense boreal forests with scattered villages who live largely along traditional lines, both in terms of social organization as well as technological development. Due to the relative wealth of the Honeoye, they were unique among the peoples of the Northern Confederation inasmuch as they were ruled by a King, rather than by a council or high chief. The Honeoye were extremely influential within the Confederation and began to be perceived as a threat by the 1970s. The Honeoye were perceived as the rival of the Algosh for control over the Confederation, with the former having commercial power and the latter military power. The tensions between the Honeoye and the rest of the Confederation were one of the points of contention that lead to the collapse of the Confederation and the War of the Northern Confederation. The Algosh conquered these extremely lucrative territories during the chaotic period in the late 2000s. The Honeoye were ruled by their own ethnic chief during this period of Algosh occupation, but had the least autonomy of any of the subject chiefs due to the threat posed to Algosh control. After independence, the ruler of the Honeoye has adopted the title of Regent rather than of King on a provisional basis.}}

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{{defn |1=The Mixcalan people are a constituent group of [[New Yustona]] and are numbered at approximately 3.1 million people. WIP}}

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{{defn |1=The Rianee are a tribal, seminomadic people native to northwestern [[Cusinaut]] and a constituent people of [[Maloka]]. There are roughly 25,000 of them. Unlike most of their neighbors, they worship a dual pantheon of twin sun and water/ice/snow gods and are possibly admixed with a handful of ancient settlers from [[Alshar]], though this theory is contested. They have some permanent settlements in central Maloka and parts of western [[Ashkenang]], but primarily live at seasonal sites in the far north, where hunting and fishing are more viable for subsistence.}}

{{defn |1=The Saranac are a constituent group of [[New Yustona]] and number at approximately 350,000 people. They are related - albeit distantly - to the Algosh peoples. Oral traditions, confirmed by scholarly research, indicate that the Saranac broke off from the Algosh due to a difference in [[M%27acunism#Ancestral_worship|Kānenaka]], a concept within the [[M'acunism|M'acunist]] religion relating to ancestor worship. This break is believed to have occurred in the 13th or 14th century. Consequently, the Saranac observe many similar festivals and cultural mores as the Algosh but with what could be described as "regional differences". During Algosh control in the 2010s, the government of [[Algoquona]] actively attempted efforts to culturally integrate the Saranac as within the Algosh people as part of {{wp|state building}} efforts. These efforts, employing differing means of education and force, were actively resisted by the Saranac on socio-political grounds moreso than religious ones, though the underlying religious differences were featured in prominent Saranac rhetoric as well. The Saranac territory sits on the northern boundary of what was the [[Nysdra Provisional Republic]]'s territory neighboring the Algosh core territories.}}

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+{{term |1=Acuera}}
+{{defn |1=The Acuera are a stateless, seminomadic people living on the northern fringe of [[Cusinaut]] and the Boreal Zone. They number at about thirty thousand people. They first travelled to the area from the south in the 3rd Century BC. During the existence of the [[Northern Confereration]] and its successor, [[Algoquon]]a, a large portion of the Acuera people worked for both states as pathfinders and skirmishers, and this is reflected in their marginalization as a people outside of those few living in the [[Algosh Republic]].}}
+{{term |1=Ashkenauk}}
+{{defn |1=The Ashkenauk are a people native to north-central [[Cusinaut]] and are the primary population of [[Ashkenang]]. They number at roughly eighteen million persons, which is split between the Toposa Ashkenauk, Yanota Ashkenauk, Atakapa Ashkenauk, and Mishauk tribes. The Toposa live near the border of [[Maloka]] and [[Sabnaki]], the Yanota and Atakapa in the heartland, and the Mishauk on the fringes in the north and west. They are unified by a common dialect and ancestry, and were one of the predominant peoples in the Northern Confederation. Ashkenauk polities are reliant on mass politics and less centrally heirarchical than most of their neighbors, and their form of [[M'acunism]] emphasizes the sacrifice of part of their food to household Kānenaka and local spirits. Unlike other traditions, the Ashkenauk burn their offerings in ceremonial square pits lines with brick and pour the ashes into rivers instead of blootletting. Large sacrifices are seen as ostentatious bragging, while consistent small offerings are taken as humble and honest.}}
 {{term |1=Algosh}}
 {{defn |1=The Algosh are a people native to north-eastern [[Cusinaut]] and were the primary political group in control of [[Algoquona]]. They are among the most populous peoples of Cusinaut numbering just around 30,000,000. They are native to the [[Algosh Republic]], which is the state of the Algosh people.}}
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 {{term |1=Great Chenango}}
 {{defn |1=The Great Chenango are constituent members of the [[Chenango Confederacy]] and consist of about 4.8 million people, and make up a majority of the population of the Confederacy. WIP}}
+{{term |1=Hasinai}}
+{{defn |1=The Hasinai are a people in northern [[Ashkenang]] numbering 20,000. They settled in their current homeland after migrating from southern [[Maloka]] around the Fourteenth Century and at their height numbered 110,000. They were one of the few groups to resist [[Algoquona|Algosh]] invasion directly, and as a result, were crushed and a large number of them (as many as thirty thousand) being spread across Algoquona and disintegrated as a community. The remaining community is one of the poorest in Ashkenang.}}
 {{term |1=Honeoye}}
 {{defn |1=The Honeoye are a constituent group of [[New Yustona]] and number at approximately half a million. They were previously one of the four main constituent groups of the [[Nysdra Provisional Republic]], were a people dominated by [[Algoquona]], and were a founding member of the [[Northern Confederation]]. They are unique among the peoples of Cusinaut as they have no known relations to other tribal groups or peoples; they are one of the few fully freestanding peoples in Cusinaut. Their lands exist on the eastern shore of Cusinaut just to the northeast of the pre-war border of [[New Yustona]]. With a large coastal territory, the Honeoye are known to be some of the most experienced mariners and navigators of the [[Nysdra]], being some of the most prodigious and most productive fishermen of the northern Crona area. Consequently, the Honeoye are well-known for having a fish-based diet. Within the practices of [[M'acunism]], the Honeoye are also well-known for their large sacrifices of fish, and during the 20th century, the Honeoye experienced large economic growth as a major exporter of fish for sacrifice to the other members of the [[Northern Confederation]]. The coastal cities of the Honeoye are well developed as a result and many of them have relatively modern port infrastructure and urban life by Occidental standards. The Honeoye hinterlands, however, are much like the hinterlands of the rest of Cusinaut - dense boreal forests with scattered villages who live largely along traditional lines, both in terms of social organization as well as technological development. Due to the relative wealth of the Honeoye, they were unique among the peoples of the Northern Confederation inasmuch as they were ruled by a King, rather than by a council or high chief. The Honeoye were extremely influential within the Confederation and began to be perceived as a threat by the 1970s. The Honeoye were perceived as the rival of the Algosh for control over the Confederation, with the former having commercial power and the latter military power. The tensions between the Honeoye and the rest of the Confederation were one of the points of contention that lead to the collapse of the Confederation and the War of the Northern Confederation. The Algosh conquered these extremely lucrative territories during the chaotic period in the late 2000s. The Honeoye were ruled by their own ethnic chief during this period of Algosh occupation, but had the least autonomy of any of the subject chiefs due to the threat posed to Algosh control. After independence, the ruler of the Honeoye has adopted the title of Regent rather than of King on a provisional basis.}}
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 {{defn |1=The Mixcalan people are a constituent group of [[New Yustona]] and are numbered at approximately 3.1 million people. WIP}}
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 ==Q-T==
 {{glossary}}
+{{term |1=Rianee}}
+{{defn |1=The Rianee are a tribal, seminomadic people native to northwestern [[Cusinaut]] and a constituent people of [[Maloka]]. There are roughly 25,000 of them. Unlike most of their neighbors, they worship a dual pantheon of twin sun and water/ice/snow gods and are possibly admixed with a handful of ancient settlers from [[Alshar]], though this theory is contested. They have some permanent settlements in central Maloka and parts of western [[Ashkenang]], but primarily live at seasonal sites in the far north, where hunting and fishing are more viable for subsistence.}}
 {{term |1=Saranac}}
 {{defn |1=The Saranac are a constituent group of [[New Yustona]] and number at approximately 350,000 people. They are related - albeit distantly - to the Algosh peoples. Oral traditions, confirmed by scholarly research, indicate that the Saranac broke off from the Algosh due to a difference in [[M%27acunism#Ancestral_worship|Kānenaka]], a concept within the [[M'acunism|M'acunist]] religion relating to ancestor worship. This break is believed to have occurred in the 13th or 14th century. Consequently, the Saranac observe many similar festivals and cultural mores as the Algosh but with what could be described as "regional differences". During Algosh control in the 2010s, the government of [[Algoquona]] actively attempted efforts to culturally integrate the Saranac as within the Algosh people as part of {{wp|state building}} efforts. These efforts, employing differing means of education and force, were actively resisted by the Saranac on socio-political grounds moreso than religious ones, though the underlying religious differences were featured in prominent Saranac rhetoric as well. The Saranac territory sits on the northern boundary of what was the [[Nysdra Provisional Republic]]'s territory neighboring the Algosh core territories.}}

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