Each shrine was controlled or administered by a particular matrilineal clan, and one clan, the Leemu, controlled most of the shrines.

In the 19th century, this clan controlled 24 villages in the vicinity.

Different clans controlled different areas and they also fought among themselves.

The clan also controlled elections.

Repulsors or "Reps" are used to keep opposing clans away from an assets control pylons.

Kotah was the name of the province which the prince's clan controlled, but, as Sulu recalled him mentioning, he had rarely gone there.

The clan has largely controlled the Government of Tajikistan since World War II.

Renegade clans controlled local governments, especially in Shelby County, well into the first quarter of the 20th century.

The President's clan controls everything and there is total confusion between state resources and personal wealth.

Paul du Chaillu travelled through Eshira areas in 1858 and 1864, and recorded that each clan controlled its own affairs.