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Quapaw Indians

Quapaw Language and the Quapaw Indian Tribe (Kwapaw, Ogaxpa, Ogahpah, Arkansea, Arkansas)

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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: 1.918.542.1853
Fax: 1.918.542.4694 

• Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Official Website

Population: 1984: total enrollment: 3,000 ^[1]

History

Brief Timeline

• 1673: Contact with French explorer Jacques Marquette
  
• 1682: Rene-Robert Cavelier de la Salle 
  
• 1686: Henri Tonti
  
• 1700's: The Quapaw became allies with French 
  
• 1818 Treaty, August 24,cession, reservation
  
• 1824 Treaty, November 15, Harrington, Territory of Arkansas, cession
  
• 1833  Treaty, May 13, The tribe 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
• 1834-1835 Census (M1831)
• 1835: Treaty with the Comanche, Etc.,
• 1865  Treaty, September 13, Indian Territory with the Cherokee and other Tribes.
• 1867  Treaty, February 23, Washington D.C., with the Seneca, Mixed Seneca and Shawnee, cession and removal
• 1867: Ceded land in Kansas
• 1905: Mineral discoveries of lead and zinc discovered on Quapaw land

Agencies

Caddo Agency

Quapaw Agency 1871-1880

Neosho Agency 1831-1871

Osage Agency 1834-1837 and 1879-1880

Seneca Agency

Reservations

Quapaw Reservation

The Tribe was under the jurisdiction of Superintendencies

Arkansas Superintendency

Western Superintendency

Southern Superintendency

Central Superintendency

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.

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M 234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M 595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Quapaw	Caddo and Red River Agencies	Washington D.C.	Rolls 31, 727	-	-	-
Quapaw	Miami (Quapaw) Agency, 1870-1952	Washington D.C. and Fort Worth	Rolls 703-13	-	Rolls 411-16	Films 581405-581410
Quapaw	Neosho Agency, 1831-71	Washington D.C.	Rolls 530-37	-	-	-
Quapaw	Osage Agency,1879-80	Washington D.C. and Fort Worth	Rolls 633-41	-	Roll 317	Films 579727-579738
Quapaw	Seneca Agency, 1901-07, 1910-21	Washington D.C.	-	-	Rolls 487-89	Films 581498-581499

Land and Property

Tribally owned land: 729.15 acres. Allotted land: 11,867.73 acres. ^[2]

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