QWAPAW MEANS 'DOWNSTREAM'. THEY ARE BEST KNOWN. THEY ALSO LIVE IN TENNESSEE AND MISOURI. THEIR TRIBAL TOWN IS CALLED 'ACANSA' OR SOUTHERN. THEY WERE FORCED TO MOVE TO OKLAHOMA IN THE 1800'S WITH OTHER TRIBES.
THEY LIVE ON A RESERVATION THAT BELONGS TO THEM. THEY ARE U.S. CITIZENS AND EACH BAND WAS WAS LEAD BY A CHIEF. TODAY THEY ARE GOVERNED BY A COUNCIL. THEY SPEAK ENGLISH, PREVIOUSLY THEY SPOKE QUAPAW. CHILDREN PREVIOUSLY PLAYED A HOOP GAME PLAYED BY PLAINS INDIANS. THEYALSO HAD MANY CHORES. MEN WERE HUNTERS AND WOMEN WERE FARMERS. TODAYTHEY LIVE IN MODERN HOUSES.
THEY WORE DEERSKIN DRESSES AND MEN WORE BREECH CLOTHS WITH LEATHER LEGGINGS. THEY ALSO MADE THEIR MOCCASINS AND IN WINTER WORE BUFFALO HIDE ROBES. THEY WORE WARBONNETS. THEY WORE TATTOOS AND PAINTED FACES FOR RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
THEY MADE CANOES CYPRESS TREES. ONCE THEY HAD ACQUIRED HOMES THEY TRAVELED. THEY WERE FARMERS AND THE WOMEN RAISED CROPS OF CORN, BEANS AND SQUASH. MEN HUNTED DEAR AND SMALL GAME AND FISHED IN THE RIVER. THEY HUNTED BUFFALO. THEY TRADED WITH OTHER TRIBES OF THE GREAT PLAINS AND THE CHICKASAW AND TUNICA. THEY MADE VALUABLE POTTERY TO TRADE AS WELL AS USE.
THEY FOUGHT WARS TO PROVE THEIR COURAGE WITH PLASINS INDIANS, OR TO STEAL THEIR HORSES. THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR YHEIR POTTERY, BASKETWEAVING AND PIPE CARVING. THEY ALSO MADE BEADWORK. THEY TELL STORIES AND LEGENDS OF ALL TYPES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THEIR CULTURE. THEY ARE KIN TO OMAHAS. THEY WERE A SOPHISTICATED TRIBE AND BUILT HOMES ON MOUNDS. THEY ALLIEDWITH THE FRENCH TO FIGHT AGAINST BRITISH.
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