Published: 1976
Updated: August 1, 1995
In a Spanish missionary report of 1691 the Xanna Indians were listed among the tribes that lived to the southeast of the Hasinai Caddo Indians of eastern Texas, which suggests that their area was either in eastern Texas or western Louisiana and that the Xannas were not the same as the Sana Indians, who at the same time lived southwest of the Hasinais between the Guadalupe and Brazos rivers. However, one document clearly indicates that the name Sana was occasionally rendered as Xanna. The status of Xanna Indians remains uncertain.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Thomas N. Campbell, “Xanna Indians,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed January 26, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/xanna-indians.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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