Quapaw
[ kwaw-paw ]
noun,plural Qua·paws, (especially collectively) Qua·paw for 1.
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Arkansas, now living mostly in northeastern Oklahoma.
the Siouan language of the Quapaw.
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How to use Quapaw in a sentence
They occupy a reservation of 72,000 acres, adjoining the Quapaw reservation on the south and west.
The Indian Question (1874) | Francis A. WalkerHe lives in his native Oklahoma with his wife, a Quapaw Indian princess, and their two children.
The Story of Geronimo | James Arthur KjelgaardThe Quapaw or Akansa were the most southerly tribe in the main Siouan territory.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellOriginally the site of the city was occupied by the Quapaw Indians.
The name of the tribe, Quapaw, signifies "downstream people;" Omaha being translated "those going against the wind or current."
Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi | David Ives Bushnell
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