Tutelo

Tutelo
Nikonha, a Tutelo man
Nikonha, a Tutelo man
Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
West Virginia, Virginia (until 1740s), Ontario (1779-ca. 1900) (descendants assimilated into Cayuga nation)
Languages
Tutelo language
Related ethnic groups
Occaneechi, Manahoac, Monacan, after 18th century: Cayuga
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The Tutelo (also Totero, Totteroy, Tutera; Yesan in Tutelo) were Native American people living above the Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line in present-day Virginia and West Virginia. They spoke a dialect of the Tutelo language thought to be similar to that of their neighbors, the Monacan and Manahoac nations.

Under pressure from English settlers and the Haudenosaunee, they joined with related nations in the late 17th century and became collectively known as the Nahyssan. By 1740, they were forced to leave their homeland and migrate north to seek protection under their former rivals. They were adopted by the Cayuga of the Haudenosaunee confederacy in 1753. Ultimately, their descendants migrated into Canada.

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