Prior to European colonization, they resided in the eastern side of the western Roviana lagoon and established the concept of the right to property by interlinking it with marriage.
[1] There were several distinct Melanesian tribes which inhabited the Roviana lagoon region and the coast of the New Georgia island during the nineteenth century, consisting of the Taghosaghe, Lio Zuzuloqo, Vuragare, and Koloi people respectively.
[4] In the following decades, British colonial administrators, missionaries, and traders exchanged European goods, such as foodstuffs, weapons, and ornaments with the Kalikoqu to established levels of influence with their chiefs.
[citation needed] Christian missions are another important factors altering the traditional beliefs and the tenure pragmatics of Saikile and Kalikoqu people in Roviana.
[1] In pre-colonial time, tribal movements of the Roviana polity empowered chiefs called bangara and gave them great authority over land and sea territories.