After the king's death, Angata assumed nominal leadership of the Miru clan. Riro‘s relatives unsuccessfully attempted to restore the kingship with Enrique Ika and Moisés Tuʻu Hereveri, despite Sánchez' orders abrogating the institution and forbidding the islanders from choosing a new king. Fearing for her life, his widow Véronique married Manuel A. Vega, a Chilean shepherd, on 29 January 1900. In 1902, Chile appointed Juan Tepano as cacique in an attempt to end indigenous resistance. Angata led an unsuccessful 1914 revolt to overthrow the company's control, and an independence movement has continued on the island. Riro‘s grandson, Valentino Riroroko Tuki, declared himself king of Rapa Nui in 2011.
