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{{term |1=Ashkenauk}} | {{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 more centrally organized than most of their sedentary neighbors (aside from the Algosh), 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 lined with brick and pour the ashes into rivers instead of bloodletting. Large sacrifices are seen as ostentatious bragging, while consistent small offerings are taken as humble and honest.}} | {{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 more centrally organized than most of their sedentary neighbors (aside from the Algosh), 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 lined with brick and pour the ashes into rivers instead of bloodletting. Large sacrifices are seen as ostentatious bragging, while consistent small offerings are taken as humble and honest.}} | ||
{{term |1=Atani}} | |||
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{{Main|Atavia}} The Atani are a people native to the island of [[Atavia]] and represent a unique people of about 30,000 with a wide array of cultural and ethnic influences from across [[Cusinaut]] and the [[Nysdra]]. Most of the ancestors of the Atani people were residents of mixed-people villages and individuals left behind by fishing expeditions which made use of the island on a seasonal basis.}} | |||
{{term |1=Canandaigua}} | {{term |1=Canandaigua}} | ||
{{defn |1=The Canandaigua are a constituent people of [[New Yustona]] and number about 450,000 people. They are closely related to the Gowandis people, and are unique among peoples of [[Cusinaut]] in not having what is considered to be a "senior branch"; oral tradition and archaeology speak of what is known as a "great split", cleaving a single people into two similarly sized groups rather than having an offshoot of one people from another as is common in [[Cusinaut]]. This split is thought to have occurred in the 1400s or as late as the 1560s and is traditionally ascribed to a difference in [[M%27acunism#Ancestral_worship|Kānenaka]]. Unlike other Kānenaka-related splits, traditions say that the two figures each side recognize were brothers and great heroes who fought the Algosh. Despite shared heritage and cultural mores, the split have created a historical rivalry between the two groups which has seen major conflict erupt between them, even during the period of the relative peace of the Northern Confederation. These borders between these two peoples has shifted consistently shifted as both sides have vied for good agricultural lands and hunting territory. The Canandaigua lands sit on the coast north of the Honeoye, but unlike their southern neighbors they do not have a strong maritime tradition and their territory is relatively undeveloped.}} | {{defn |1=The Canandaigua are a constituent people of [[New Yustona]] and number about 450,000 people. They are closely related to the Gowandis people, and are unique among peoples of [[Cusinaut]] in not having what is considered to be a "senior branch"; oral tradition and archaeology speak of what is known as a "great split", cleaving a single people into two similarly sized groups rather than having an offshoot of one people from another as is common in [[Cusinaut]]. This split is thought to have occurred in the 1400s or as late as the 1560s and is traditionally ascribed to a difference in [[M%27acunism#Ancestral_worship|Kānenaka]]. Unlike other Kānenaka-related splits, traditions say that the two figures each side recognize were brothers and great heroes who fought the Algosh. Despite shared heritage and cultural mores, the split have created a historical rivalry between the two groups which has seen major conflict erupt between them, even during the period of the relative peace of the Northern Confederation. These borders between these two peoples has shifted consistently shifted as both sides have vied for good agricultural lands and hunting territory. The Canandaigua lands sit on the coast north of the Honeoye, but unlike their southern neighbors they do not have a strong maritime tradition and their territory is relatively undeveloped.}} | ||