USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the piedmont and mountain regions of this area lived Siouan Indians of the Monacan and Mannahoac tribes, arranged in a confederation ranging from the Roanoke River Valley to the Potomac River, and from the Fall Line at Richmond and Fredericksburg west through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation The Occaneechi descend from several small Siouan speaking tribes who were living in the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia when the first European explorers arrived in the 1600’s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Their native language is a Siouan language which is extinct. The people are related to other Siouan-speaking tribes of the inland in this region, such as the Tutelo, Saponi and Occaneechi.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Occaneechi Indians were a tribe of American Indians who lived in the Piedmont region of what are now North Carolina and southern Virginia prior to European settlement.

Detailed explanation-5: -Haliwa-Saponi Tribe The Haliwa-Saponi are Native American Peoples of the North East Piedmont region of the State of North Carolina.