Quapaw tribe

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The Quapaw tribe is a Native American people originally from the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys who later settled in what is now Arkansas and are part of the Dhegiha Siouan-speaking groups.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Quapaw people 9
Quapaw Nation 4
Quapaw tribe canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dhegiha Siouan people
Indigenous people of the United States
Native American tribe
affectedBy epidemic diseases after European contact
autonym Ogáxpa
continent North America
culturalRegion Plains (historical connections)
Southeastern Woodlands
economicActivity agriculture
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribe United States of America
surface form: United States
forcedRemoval 19th century
governingBody Quapaw tribe self-linksurface differs
surface form: Quapaw Nation
headquarters Quapaw, Oklahoma
historicalState Arkansas
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
historicalTerritoryFeature Mississippi River
lower Arkansas River
language Quapaw language
languageFamily Siouan languages
languageStatus endangered language
laterRegion Arkansas
nameMeaning “downstream people”
neighboringHistoricGroup Caddo
surface form: Caddo peoples

Natchez people
Tunica peoples
originalRegion Mississippi River valley
surface form: Mississippi River Valley

Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio River Valley
populationTrend decline after European contact
primaryState Oklahoma
recognizedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs
relatedEthnicGroup Kansa (Kaw) tribe
surface form: Kansa tribe

Omaha tribe
Osage Nation
Ponca
surface form: Ponca tribe
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
reservationType tribal jurisdictional area
subgroupOf Dhegiha Siouan peoples
surface form: Dhegiha branch of Siouan
traditionalHousing longhouses
thatched houses
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize cultivation
treaty Convention of 1818
surface form: Treaty of 1818 with the United States

Treaty of 1824 with the United States
Treaty of 1833
surface form: Treaty of 1833 with the United States

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Kaw Nation relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw tribe
Arkansas River region historicallyUsedBy Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw Nation
Omaha people relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Osage Nation relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Arkansas River namedAfter Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Arkansa (Quapaw) people
Siouan languages associatedWithEthnicGroup Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Ponca relatedTo Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Quapaw federallyRecognizedTribe Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw Nation
Kaw people relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Omaha tribe relatedEthnicGroup Quapaw tribe
Quapaw tribe governingBody Quapaw tribe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Quapaw Nation
Kansas (Kaw) people isRelatedEthnicallyTo Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Quapaw language ethnicGroup Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Quapaw language spokenBy Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma
Dhegihan branch associatedWithEthnicGroup Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Dhegihan languages traditionalSpeakers Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw people
Dhegihan languages ethnicGroup Quapaw tribe
this entity surface form: Quapaw Nation