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: 1.918.542.1853 Fax: 1.918.542.4694


 * Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Official Website

Population: 1984: total enrollment: 3,000

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

Superintendencies
Records for Superintendencies exist in the National Archives and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities.

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

Land and Property
Tribally owned land: 729.15 acres. Allotted land: 11,867.73 acres.

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,
 * Quapaw Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932,

Important Web Sites

 * Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma Official Website
 * Quapaw Tribe Wikipedia