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A Saponi family, photo from 1910.
is the name of one of the eastern
Siouan tribes, related to the
Tutelo,
Occaneechi,
Monacan, Manahoac and other eastern
Siouan peoples, whose ancestral homeland is in
North Carolina and
Virginia. There are three Saponi bands that currently have state recognition in
North Carolina, the
Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, the
Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe and the High Plains Sappony Indian Settlement, however these three tribes are controversal as their Saponi descendany has came to question many times. Mahenips Band of the Saponi Nation is found in the remote Ozark hills of Missouri, Arkansas and in parts of Oklahoma and Texas with the tribal headquarters in West Plains Missouri. In addition there is the Saponi Descendents Association based in Texas, Saponi Nation of Ohio, and there are other survivors in the
United States and
Canada who are of Saponi ancestry, including the old Carmel Community, Magoffin County, KY Salyerville Indians.
Saponi descendants today
currently the only surnames which are proven to have been Saponi or listed with the Saponi tribe are as follows; Collins, Austin, Bolling, and Harrison. Others have said they are Saponi descendants however no real proof has ever been found, it should also be noted that many people with other surnames and recently began claiming Saponi has been found to have came from areas outside of the Saponi areas. The last Saponi/Manahoac chief was Vardy Collins of Newman's ridge.
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