Quapaw

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The Quapaw are a Native American people originally from the lower Ohio and Mississippi River valleys, now primarily associated with northeastern Oklahoma.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quapaw canonical 4
Apsaroke 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian reservation
Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
Siouan language
federally recognized tribe in the United States
alternativeName Kansa
surface form: Akansa

Akansea
Arkansas
contactWith French explorers
Spanish colonists
United States government
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Plains
Southeastern Woodlands
currentlyBasedIn northeastern Oklahoma
ethnicallyRelatedTo Kansa
Omaha
Osage Nation
surface form: Osage

Ponca
federallyRecognizedTribe Quapaw tribe
surface form: Quapaw Nation
governingBody Quapaw Business Committee
headquartersLocation Quapaw, Oklahoma
historicallyAssociatedWith Arkansas River region
surface form: Arkansas River valley

Mississippi River
language Quapaw language
languageFamily Dhegiha Siouan peoples
surface form: Dhegiha Siouan
location Ottawa County, Oklahoma
nativeName Ogáxpa
notableReservationArea Quapaw Indian Reservation
originalHomeland Lower Mississippi River basin
surface form: lower Mississippi River valley

lower Ohio River valley
primaryState Oklahoma
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
subgroupOf Dhegiha Siouan peoples
traditionalHousing thatched houses
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
maize agriculture
traditionalTerritoryIncludes present-day Arkansas
present-day Illinois
present-day Louisiana
present-day Mississippi
present-day Missouri
treatySignatoryWith United States of America
surface form: United States

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaw relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw
Crow alsoKnownAs Quapaw
this entity surface form: Apsaroke
Omaha relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw
Kansa relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw