It is reported that at one time the island was inhabited by a clan called the “Moi a Tiu”, but that population has long since been wiped out by disease and war, the few survivors having departed for Hiva ʻOa.
Nalgún momento a illa foi habitada por un clan chamado o "moi a Tiu", pero a poboación foi varrida pola enfermidade e a guerra, os poucos superviventes marcháronse de Hiva'Oa.