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

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

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