Quapaw Nation

Ancestral Homeland: Ohio Valley west side of the lower Mississippi to Arkansas River

Brief Timeline
1673: contact with French explorer Jacques Marquette

1682: Rene-Robert Cavelier de la Salle

1686: Henri Tonti

1700's: became allies with French

1818: Treaty

1824: Treaty moved to Texas near the Red River among the Caddo. A flood encouraged migration back to Arkansas

1833: removed from Arkansas; forced to locate in Indian Territory among the Osage

1867: ceded land in Kansas

1905: lead and zinc discovered on Quapaw land

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Quapaw tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America and in David Bushnell's Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.

Tribal Headquarters
Quapaw Tribe of Indians [Eastern Oklahoma] P.O. Box 765 Quapaw, OK 74363 Phone: 918.542.1853 Fax: 918.542.4694

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Treaties


 * 1818 August 24, cession, reservation
 * 1824 November 15, Harrington, Territory of Arkansas, cession
 * 1833 May 13,
 * 1835: with the Comanche, Etc.,
 * 1865 September 13, Indian Territory with the Cherokee and other Tribes
 * 1867 February 23, Washington D.C., with the Seneca, Mixed Seneca and Shawnee, cession and removal

Vital Records


 * Osage Agency, M595, births and deaths 1925-1931, FHL Film: 579734
 * Quapaw Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 581408

Important Web Sites

 * Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Official Website
 * Quapaw Tribe Wikipedia