Quapaw

American  

[kwaw-paw] / ˈkwɔˌpɔ /

noun

• Quapaws,
  plural
• Quapaw
  plural

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Arkansas, now living mostly in northeastern Oklahoma.

2. the Siouan language of the Quapaw.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Quapaw
  plural
• Quapaws
  plural

Example Sentences

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Quapaw Quapaws

Farrell was born in Quapaw, Okla., on March 1, 1938.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

The Supreme Court case involved the Muscogee reservation, but later rulings upheld the historic reservations of other Native American tribes in Oklahoma, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Quapaw and Seminole nations.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

The charges stem from a forensic audit and investigation that was initiated in June 2020 by the Quapaw Nation Gaming Authority.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2021

“I don’t think he can spell sovereignty,” said John Berrey, chairman of the Quapaw Nation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2020

“Fathers were real important to the Quapaw, so if yours died, you had to get another one. Instead of letting the grownups decide, they let the kids choose.”

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine

The Quapaws were originally connected with the Osages.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by John Mason Peck

The chief of the Quapaws then ordered all his men to empty their powder-horns into a blanket, after which he divided the whole with a spoon, and gave the half to the Chickasaws.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 by James Athearn Jones

The Quapaws, called by their Algonkin foes the Alkansas or Arkansas, settled on the Ohio, but were ultimately driven down the river by the Illinois to the region now bearing their name.

From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson

Even the Federal army preyed upon it and, as all the able-bodied male Quapaws were gradually drawn into that army, there was no way of defending it.

From The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War by Annie Heloise Abel

This route necessarily runs through the lands of the Cherokee Indians or through the small reservations of the Quapaws, the Peorias, the Ottawas, the Wyandottes, and the Senecas.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland