 Approximate area occupied by the Potano tribe at the time of European contact | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Extinct as a tribe | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Florida) | |
| Languages | |
| Potano Timucua dialect | |
| Religion | |
| Native | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Timucua peoples |
The Potano (also Potanou[1] or Potavou,[2] Timucua: Potano "That is happening now"[3]) tribe lived in north-central Florida at the time of first European contact. Their territory included what is now Alachua County, the northern half of Marion County and the western part of Putnam County. This territory corresponds to that of the Alachua culture, which lasted from about 700 until 1700. The Potano were among the many tribes of the Timucua people, and spoke a dialect of the Timucua language.
- ^ Frederick Webb Hodge (1910). "Timucuan Family". Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Vol. N–Z. p. 753.
- ^ Hann: 40, 42
- ^ Willet Boyer, “Names of Power: An Analysis of Names from the Acuera Chiefdom of the Ocklawaha River Valley,” Southeastern Archaeology 50, no. 2 (October 2008).