A Brief Shared History of the Yesáh

No, there are many eastern Siouans nations today that are still thriving such as the Saponi Nation of Ohio, High Plains Sappony, Haliwa Saponi, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Catawba Nation, Sumter Cheraw, Monacan Indian Nation, and more.

No, although there are no longer fluent speakers, there are many people who are learning to revitalize the language, through academic research, communal restoration projects, and more. The language is also still incorporated in some of our ceremonies and social dances."

No, considering that the Siouan language family originated in the Ohio River Valley, and linguistic, archaeological evidence, and oral history indicates that Tutelo, Ofo, and Biloxi are older languages then Dakota and other western languages.

No, as many if not the majority remained in the southeast and the Ohio Valley, still organized as cohesive tribal communities and sovereign nations.

For a variety of reasons, ranging from a lack of treaty agreements, anti-Blackness and disenfranchisement, the majority of eastern Siouans besides the Monacans are not federally recognized.

Yes, during the 1700s many Tutelo-Saponi, Catawba, and other Siouans who were absorbed were living with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) in the Ohio Valley, many of who were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma in the 1830s and became known Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma. By the early-mid 1800s hundreds of eastern Siouans returned to Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and neighboring states, and formed and maintained distinct, tribal communities.