Saponi Tribe

Saponi of North Carolina
The term Saponi or Sappony has been applied to three contemporary groups of people in North Carolina:


 * The Sappony, formerly known as the Indians of Person County, formally recognized by the State of North Carolina in 1911.
 * The Haliwa-Saponi, primarily based in Halifax County and formally recognized by the State of North Carolina in 1965.
 * The Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation was formally recognized by the State of North Carolina after a court battle which ended in 2001.

Printed Materials

 * Mooney, James, The Siouan Tribes of the East (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology), Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. (Google Books link)
 * Rights, Douglas L., The American Indian in North Carolina, 1988. (Google Books link)

Websites

 * Gap Analysis of the Flower Swift Study
 * Haliwa-Saponi (Wikipedia)
 * Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina ("under construction")
 * Haliwa-Saponi Presence on Web (newspaper article)
 * Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation
 * Saponi (Wikipedia)
 * Saponi Descendants Association
 * Saponi Indian Tribe History (Access Genealogy)
 * The Saponi Indians (Carolina - The Native Americans)
 * Saponi Nation of Missouri, Mahenips Band
 * Saponi Nation of Ohio
 * The Sappony (Person County North Carolina Genealogy)
 * Searching for Saponitown
 * Tutelo/Saponi Indian Language