Saponi people
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The Saponi people are a Siouan-speaking Indigenous group historically located in the Piedmont regions of present-day Virginia and North Carolina, known for their complex alliances, migrations, and eventual dispersal under colonial pressure.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ Siouan-speaking people ⓘ |
| conflict |
colonial settlers in North Carolina
ⓘ
colonial settlers in Virginia ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culture | Eastern Woodlands culture area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Eastern Siouan peoples
NERFINISHED
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Haliwa-Saponi (descendant community) NERFINISHED ⓘ Monacan confederacy (historical association) NERFINISHED ⓘ Moneton (closely related group) NERFINISHED ⓘ Occaneechi (closely related group) NERFINISHED ⓘ Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation (descendant community) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sappony (descendant community in North Carolina) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tutelo (closely related group) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalTerritory |
Dan River region
NERFINISHED
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Piedmont of North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ Piedmont of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Roanoke River region ⓘ Yadkin River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Saponi Indians
NERFINISHED
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Sappony Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Sappony people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
alliances with English colonists
ⓘ
alliances with neighboring Indigenous groups ⓘ dispersal under colonial pressure ⓘ migration to other colonies and territories ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | largely extinct as a distinct language ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
North Carolina
NERFINISHED
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Piedmont region NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | northward and westward migrations during colonial era ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Saponi language (Eastern Siouan) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Eastern Siouan language group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| practiced |
fishing
ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Catawba people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheraw people NERFINISHED ⓘ Keyauwee people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Indigenous North American traditional religions ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
clan system (typical of Siouan groups)
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village-based communities ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
17th century
ⓘ
18th century ⓘ pre-contact North America ⓘ |
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