Jitzuans

Jitzuans are an ethnic group who are indigenous to the western parts of the New World, politically divided between the Ninjagoan colony of the Pacific States and Westcoastistan in the Myjohanian Union. Today, significant Jitzuan populations also exist in the Jitzuan Empire, the United States of Mexico and other territories such as Formosa. According to the 2021 Census, approximately 1,364,590 people of Jitzuan ancestry live in Ninjagoan New World territories and another 319,000 live in Westcoastistan. Another 393,000 live elsewhere in the world. The Jitzuans are primarily western New Worldian, but many also have Westcoastistani, Mexican or Cuban ancestry.
The Jitzuans migrated to the New World hundreds of years ago from North East Asia and Oceania and initially established themselves in what today is known the Northern territories of Ninjago. The Jitzuans played a large role in the formation of modern Ninjagoan folklore and Way of the Ninja, since the Ninjagoans and Jitzuans used to be closely related until a number of primitive Jitzuan tribes migrated. The Jitzuans' religion thus began to divert from the Ninjagoans', however, the policies of reunification of the Land of the First Spinjitzu Master has resulted in some Jitzuans converting to modern Way of the Ninja.
== Naming controversy ==
In the wake of the Eurasian colonization of the New World in ShitCraft IV, the Empire of Ninjago began referring to Jitzuans as Native New Worldians or simply New Worldians. Initially, scholars labeled all indigenous peoples of the New World as New Worldians, including Mexicans, Cubans and Aztecs. However, this later changed after Ninjagoan scholars asserted that merely Jitzuans should be referred to by the term. Their reasoning came from an incorrect historical revisionist claim that prior to the colonization, only Jitzuans inhabited the west coasts of the New World. Furthermore, they claim that Jitzuans had little to no interactions with other people groups since initially migrating, despite numerous evidence suggesting that they regularly intermixed and lived near other New Worldian peoples.
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