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Pohnpeian historic society was highly structured into five tribes, various clans and sub-clans; each tribe headed by two principal chiefs. The tribes were organized on a feudal basis. In theory, "all land belonged to the chiefs, who received regular tribute and whose rule was absolute." Punishments administered by chiefs included death and banishment. Tribal wars included looting, destruction of houses and canoes and killing of prisoners.<ref name=Native>{{cite book|title=The Native Polity of Ponape |volume=10 |series=Contributions to Anthropology |first=Saul H |last=Riesenberg |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |year=1968 |pages=38, 51 |isbn=9780598442437 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JV-0AAAAIAAJ |access-date=1 January 2012}}</ref>

 

The Sonsorolese are a small Micronesian people of the Chuukese group, that inhabit the islands of [[Pulo Anna]], [[Merir]] and [[Sonsorol]] in the island nation of [[Palau]]. A small proportion live in both the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] and the [[Federated States of Micronesia]]. The Sonsorolese are linguistically related to the Tobians and make up the westernmost representatives of the Chuukese language group. Most Sonsorolese live in the village of [[Echang]] near [[Koror]], where they moved for economic reasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonsorol.com/language/index_eng.htm |title=Sonsorolese language |journal= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314051132/http://www.sonsorol.com/language/index_eng.htm |archive-date=14 March 2007|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref>