Quapaw Nation



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

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


 * Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Official Website

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.

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