Sappony

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Sappony
High Plains Indians [1]
Named after Saponi people
Type state-recognized tribe, [2] nonprofit organization [1]
EIN 56-1966338 [1]
Legal statusTrade associations; business and community development organization; arts, culture, and humanities nonprofit, chariy [1]
PurposeA23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness [1]
Location
Membership850
Official language
English
Executive Director
Dante Desiderio [1]
Treasurer
Charlene Martin [1]
Revenue$96,996 [1] (2019)
Expenses$54,912 [1] (2019)
Fundinggrants, contributions, investment income and dividends [1]
Website sappony.org
Formerly called
Indians of Person County [3]

The Sappony are a state-recognized tribe in North Carolina. [2] They claim descent from the historic Saponi people, an Eastern Siouan language-speaking tribe who occupied the Piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia.

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They were historically called "old issue negroes" in 1887, when granted a separate school, after which their name changed from "Mongolians", to "Cubans", to the Indians of Person County. [4] [3] They are based in Roxboro, the seat of Person County, North Carolina. [1]

The Sappony are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe and have never petitioned for federal recognition. [2] [5] [6]

Nonprofit organization

In 1996, the Sappony formed a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization named the High Plains Indians. [1]

In 2018, Dante Desiderio served as the High Plains Indians' Executive Director and Charlene Martin served as the treasurer. [1]

Administration

In 2021, the administration of the Sappony were as follows. [7] [ dead link ]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "High Plains Indians". Cause IQ. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "State Recognized Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Mark Edwin Miller, Claiming Tribal Identity, page 346.
  4. ↑ Heinegg, Paul (2021). Free African Americans of North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina from the Colonial Period to About 1820. Sixth Edition. Vol. I - Families Abel to Drew. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 27. ISBN   9780806359298 . Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA)". Indian Affairs. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sappony search". US Department of Indian Affairs. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. 1 2 "High Plains Indians Inc". open990. Retrieved 5 February 2022.

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