OCCEANEECHI ARE NATIVE AMERICANS WHO LIVED PRIMARILY ON A LARGE SUMMER ISLAND AND EAST OF CONFLUENCE OF THE DAN AND ROANOKE RIVERS NEAR CURRENT DAY CLARKSVILLE, VIRGINIA IN THE 1960'S. THEY SPOKE SIOUAN AND WERE RELATED TO THE SPONI, TUTELO, ENO AND OTHER SOUTHEASTERN SIOUAN LANGUAGES. IN 1676 THEY ATTACKED THE SETTLERS AND DECIMATED THEM. UNDER PRESSURE FROM EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT AND NEWLY INTRODUCED INFECTIOUS DISEASES THE SAPONI AND TUTELO LIVED NEAR THE OCCANEECHI'S ON NEARBY ISLANDS. BY 1714, THE OCCANEECHI MOVED WITH THESE GROUPS TO 36 SQUARE MILE RESERVATION IN BRUNSWICK CITY, VIRGINIA. THERE WAS A FORT CALLED CHRISTIANA. THE PEOPLE HAD BEEN REDUCED TO ABOUT 600 PEOPLE. THE COLONISTS LEFT IN 1740 TO GO NORTH FOR PROTECTION FROM THE IROQOUIS.
DURING THE 19TH CENTURY SOME SIOUAN PEOPLE GATHERED TOGETHER AND WORKED TO RETAIN THEIR IDENTITY. DIFFERENT ETHNIC TRIBES WERE BROUGHT WITHIN THEIR TRIBES. IN 2002 THE TRIBE WAS FORMERLY RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
FOR YEARS ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND ARTIFACTS FROM OCCANEECHI TOWN - AN ISLAND IN THE ROANOKE RIVER. SINCE 1983 THEY HAVE BEEN DING RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND HAVE EXCAVATED AT ANOTHER OCCANEECHI VILLAGE.
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