Native Lemurian

Native Lemurians
The native Lemurians are a genetically and culturally diverse group of peoples indigenous to the continent of Lemuria. Their numbers fell drastically during European colonization though their tribes and kingdoms often warred with the Indo-Lemurians and Afro-Lemurians. They're a people without a history well documented, most of it coming from explorers which wrote down stories from their oral traditions as many of the old tribes have been completely wiped out with no trace other than stories and remains. Today they make up only a minority of the Lemurian population, though census data since the 1950s has proved that their numbers have been expanding greatly as they form their own programs, movements and societies. Working page

Southern Coastal Tribes
During the British Expansion period of British Lemuria there were a number of tribes and societies located along the southern coasts of the continent. Chief among these were the peoples of Ahnk-Moarporq, Ommnya, Stolat and Lammedos. As the British presence expanded, greatly bolstered by the formation of the British Imperial Garrisons, the (likely) inadvertent introduction of disease to the local myoula caused an extreme crash of local native economies, leading to civilization-wide collapse. In the wake of the collapse many members of these tribes died of disease, starvation, were killed fighting against the encroaching British, or most just simply moved inland and joined with other native tribes.

Hwingsudazti
The Hwingsudazti tribe is one of the northern tribes of the Akamatuli mountains. Originally they came from the northern fields of Pantiya as excavations from French archeological teams and the extensive oral tradition has lead people to conclude the lands of Pantiya, titled "Haztwa" in Hwingsudazti, as their place of origin. Their gravesites are special as they often have a "frame of bones" surrounding the corpse, these bones were often decorated in ancient Lemurian times but that practice fell out around the 12th century. These people are known for their colorful shields, often painted with different colours and adorned with different decorations. These shields often contain a depiction of the families deity along colorful decorations. These shields often bear the names of their ancestors, often great ones, and have helped keep one of the few written parts of native Lemurians history and contains one of the few native Lemurian alphabets, their alphabet has helped provide evidence for the development of an alphabet indigenous to Lemuria though it appears to not be connected to other known Lemurian alphabets or writing systems.

Qlachuma
Originally a coastal people from the eastern lands of the continent, the Qlachuma "the people from Qlach" migrated westward and up over the New Grampian mountain range when faced with starvation and extermination by the British garrisons. Once their people inhabited a temperate coastal plain but they now were forced to live in one of the harshest deserts in the world. According to oral records passed down, this move into the Ackerson Desert caused over half of the population to die of exposure and starvation within the first year. After a few generations of cultural and technological adaptation the Qlachuma began to establish small, tight-knit communities throughout the eastern and southeastern Ackerson Desert, mostly centered around the few sources of potable water. Eventually their culture began to diverge into two main groups, the Qoguma and the Qladyaua.

Qoguma
Having made the adaptations to living in the harsh Ackerson Desert the Qoguma division of the Qlachuma began to establish themselves more fully in the deserts. Oral traditions from the tribal sects speak of a large city deep in the Ackerson Desert that the Qoguma dug, with aqueducts, pit farms, temples and thriving marketplaces. To date there have been at least three major expeditions sent out from Lemurian Royal University in Vikteria to try to find the location of this "Lost Lemurian City", however no evidence has been found.

Qladyaua
The southern bands of the Qlachuma began to establish themselves in the foothills and deeper into the New Grampian mountains. Their culture would become more fractured, with some bands continuing to roam the land rather than settle down into small cities and villages. Due to the higher rain fall (still very low compared with their people's previous home on the other side of the mountains) their farming was never very successful and they often specialized more in mining, which brought benefits to their settlements after the British settlers began to trade with them for resources. This expanding trade eventually grew into increasing ties with the British settlers, leading to many instances of intermarriage and the growth of a new people, the British-Native creole Nakbishi.