Quapaw

Quapaw
Ogáxpa
	Flag of the Quapaw Nation
Total population
	3,240
Regions with significant populations
	United States ( Oklahoma)
Languages
	English, Quapaw
Religion
	Christianity (Catholicism), traditional tribal religion, Big Moon and Little Moon Native American Church
Related ethnic groups
	Dhegihan peoples: Osage, Omaha, Ponca, Kansa

The Quapaw (/ˈkwɔːpɔː/ KWAW-paw,^[2] Quapaw: Ogáxpa) or Arkansas, officially the Quapaw Nation,^[3] is a U.S. federally recognized tribe comprising about 5,600 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 Arkansas and eastern and southern Oklahoma.^[4] The government forcibly removed them from Arkansas Territory in 1834. The tribal capital is Quapaw, Oklahoma.

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^ "Quapaw Nation". Indian Affairs. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
^ Spears, Nancy Marie (October 21, 2021). "Quapaw Nation's reservation affirmed as Indian Country under federal law". Gaylord News. Norman, Oklahoma. Retrieved September 30, 2023.