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Nahyssan Indian Tribe
The Nahyssan Indians were a Siouan
tribe of Virginia, relatives of the Tutelo and
Saponi tribes.
They have also been known as the Monahassanugh, Monahassano, or Yesan.
Their language was never properly recorded, but was probably a dialect of the same Southeastern Siouan
language spoken by the Tutelo and Saponi. The Nahyssan no longer exist as a distinct
tribe. Most of them are believed to have merged together wtih the Tutelos and Saponis, where their
descendants still live today.
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Nahyssan Tribe History:
Article on the Nahyssan tribe from the Indian Tribes of North America.
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The Siouan Tribes of the East:
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Links pages about the Nahyssans.
Grupons Siouan de Virginia:
Information about the Nahyssans and other Southern Siouans in Spanish.
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