sentences:  The Ko Tuꞌu Aro were composed of clans in the northwest, while the Hotu Iti were mainly living in the southeast part of the island.The Miru are very commonly seen as the true royal heirs, who ruled the Ko Tuꞌu Aro clans.Since then, leaders of Easter Island have been hereditary rulers who claimed divine origin and separated themselves from the rest of the islanders with taboos.