Tutelo was a Siouan language of Virginia.
The last fluent speaker died in the 1990's, and few Tutelos remember anything of the old language today. However, some Tutelo people
are trying to revive their ancestral language for cultural purposes. The Saponi language has been extinct much longer, but it is thought to
have been a dialect of Tutelo, both from the similarity in vocabulary and from historical accounts indicating that people from the two tribes could
understand each other without an interpreter. The main difference is that the Saponi dialect appears to have borrowed a number of vocabulary
words from southern Algonquian languages like Powhatan and a few from
African languages (the Saponi Indians were known for sheltering African slaves).
Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe
Official homepage of the state-recognized Haliwa Saponi tribe of North Carolina.
Tutelo Indian HistorySaponi Indian History
Excerpt from James Mooney's "Siouan Tribes of the East" covering the history of the Tutelo and Saponi Indians.
Searching for Saponi Town
Site about Saponi and other Eastern Siouan genealogy, also with historical articles.
Haliwa Saponi Dancers
Photographs from a Saponi pow-wow in North Carolina.
Virginia Indian History
Collection of interesting materials on the Monacan, Saponi, and Tutelo Indians.
Native American culture
Tutelo Vocabulary
Saponi Indian History 
American Indian Names
