11. The Siouan languages he considered " mildly polysynthetic " and agglutinative-fusional. 12. They arrived shortly before the English settlers, and displaced the resident Siouan tribes. 13. Most of the Siouan peoples had migrated into the upper Midwest before European encounter. 14. They added Saponi to the tribal name in 1979 to reflect their Siouan ancestry. 15. The Assiniboine referred to themselves as Nakota, which meant they were Siouan speakers. 16. He became the foremost expert on the languages and culture of southern Siouan peoples. 17. A limited amount of information exists tying the present tribe to its Siouan ancestors. 18. The major language groups inhabiting the West Virginia region were the Ohio Valley Siouan . 19. Siouan language tribes such as the Moneton had also been recorded in the area previously.20. The Catawba were once considered one of the most powerful Southeastern Siouan -speaking tribes.
