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 Distribution of Tutelo-Saponi language in the 16th century | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Virginia and North Carolina (historically); Pennsylvania and New York, by mid-18th century[1][2] | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Tutelo-Saponi | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tutelo,[3] Occaneechi, Monacan, Manahoac, other eastern Siouan tribes |
The Saponi are a Native American tribe historically based in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia.[4] They spoke a Siouan language,[3] related to the languages of the Tutelo, Biloxi, and Ofo.[4]
They were part of the Monacan confederacies.[5] Saponi, Tutelo, and Yesang were collectively called the Nahyssan.[5] The Cayuga adopted the Saponi into the League of the Haudenosaunee in 1753, and some Saponi descendants are part of the Cayuga Nation.[1][6]
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- ^ a b Jay Hansford C. Vest, An Odyssey among the Iroquois, 124.
- ^ Vest, "An Odyssey among the Iroquois," p. 129.