THESE FOLKS LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN ARKANSAS. THEY ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED. THEY SPEAK THE DHEGIHA BRANCH OF SIOUAN LANGUAGE.. IT IS NO LONGER SPOKEN.
THEY ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE MIGRATED FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AFTER 1200 A.D. AS A RESULT OF WARS WITH THE IROQUOIS. QWAPAW MEANS
'THE LAND OF THE DOWN RIVER PEOPLE". ARKANSAS WAS NAMED AFTER THE QUAPAW. THEY ENJOYED THE FRENCH. QUAPAW WOMEN AND FRENCH MEN MARRIED . IN SOUTH ARKANSAS, NEW FRANCE THEY STARTED A TRADING POST.
BY 1900 THE TRIBE WAS NEARLY EXTINCT. THE OMAHA MEANS "UPSTREAM PEOPLE". BY 1541 THEY HERNANDO DESOTO WHO CAME ACROSS THEIR MAIN TOWN. THE VILLAGE WAS PALISADED STRONGLY AND SURROUNDED BY A DITCH. THEY EVEN WENT DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.
THEY ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THE AMERICAN INDIANS AN IDEA OF CHRISTIANITY. BY 1693 THEY BUILT ANOTHER POST ALONG THE POST ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER. BY 1700 SMALL POX EPIDEMIC KILLED MOST WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN TWO VILLAGES. BY 1803 THE QUAPAW LIVED IN THREE VILLAGES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. IN 1818 THEY CEDED ALL THEIR CLAIMS FROM RED RIVER TO BEYOND THE ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. BY 1824 THEY OWNED ONLY 80 ACRES. IN 1834 THEY WERE REMOVED TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA. BY 1824 THERE WAS A MISSION OF ST. FRANCIS ESTABLISHED FOR THE OSAGE AND QUAPAWS. THE QUAPAW HAD A CLAN SYSTEM. THEIR HOUSES WERE LONG ENOUGH FOR SEVERAL FAMILIES.
THEY DUG DITCHES, FISH WEIRS AND EXCELLED IN POTTERY AND PAINTING SKINS FOR BED COVERS.. ETC. THIS CULTURE HAD BEEN HERE FROM AT LEAST 1500 A.D. BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.
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