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The Tui Naloto is traditional chief of the Naloto tribe in the north of Tailevu.
The Yavusa Naloto is the tribe that encompasses three villages in the north ofTailevu Province, namely Naivicula, Nasau and Naveicovatu villages and a few other settlements.
The current holder of the title is Ratu Sakiusa Verebasaga traditionally installed in 2015.
History
The people of Naloto were believed to be the last group of people who departed the mountain range in the interior of Ba (hence the name ’Naloto’ meaning “the last”). According to ‘Tui Naloto’ of Toge village in Ba; whose oral histories told of a younger sibling who departed the Naloto mountain range in Ba.
The tribe can trace it's ancestry back to Nakauvadra mountain ranges, where they travelled down Wainibuka river settling in the on their mountain stronghold of Uluitova from where groups and factions splintered of and other factions joined in alliance and together they inhabited the villages downriver from whenst their descendants still reside today.
In the 1800’s warriors from the tribe were recruited alongside warriors from Matailobau, Soloira, Suva, Nadi and the native constabulary in Ratu Cakobau's pacification war of heathen hill tribes acting under the colonial government's authority.
The Yavusa Naloto's "Vu" or Totem Deity or Patron is Rokosuka. Their "yavu" or place of origin is Uluitova. Their totem animal is the Fijian Falcon or "Reba" and the totem fish is the small river mudfish or "vo loa"
Famous sons
Famous people to have hailed from the tribe;
Ilai Nabobo - rugby player
George Speight - coup leader
Sam Speight - trainer
Samisoni Tikoinasau - politician
Ilivasi Tabua - rugby player & coach