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The Quapaw (/ ˈ k w ɔː p ɔː / KWAW-paw, [2] Quapaw: Ogáxpa) or Arkansas, officially the Quapaw Nation, [3] is a U.S. federally recognized tribe comprising about 6,000 citizens. . Also known as the Ogáxpa or “Downstream” people, their ancestral homelands are traced from what is now the Ohio River, west to the Mississippi River to present-day St. Louis, south across present-day ...
The Quapaw Quarter of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, is a section of the city including its oldest and most historic business and residential neighborhoods.The area's name was first given in 1961, honoring the Quapaw Indians who lived in the area centuries ago.
The Quapaw–Prospect Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district on the northwest side of Hot Springs, Arkansas.It covers a roughly nine-block stretch of Quapaw and Prospect Streets, from their junction in the east to Grand Avenue in the west, including properties on streets running between the two.
The history of Arkansas began millennia ago when humans first crossed into North America. Many tribes used Arkansas as their hunting lands but the main tribe was the Quapaw, who settled in the Arkansas River delta upon moving south from Illinois.
Saracen Casino Resort is a casino in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. The first purpose-built casino in Arkansas is owned by the Quapaw Nation, and named for Saracen, a Quapaw chief in the 1800s. [1] [2] [3]
[7] [8] The Quapaw at the time had four villages, Kappa, Ossoteoue, Touriman, and Tonginga. Kappa was reported to have been on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River and the other three located on the western bank in or near present-day Desha County, Arkansas. [9] The location was excavated by James A. Ford in 1958.
Saracen, also known as Sarazin, Sarasen and Sarasin, [1] was a French-Quapaw man known during the 1800s by some European Americans as an honorary "chief". Saracen witnessed the removal of his people from traditional land in Arkansas to Indian Territory.
Jefferson County, officially the County of Jefferson, is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas in the area known as the Arkansas Delta that extends west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson County consists of five cities , two towns , and 20 townships .