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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 Indian Agency was a territory that included parts of the present-day Oklahoma counties of Ottawa and Delaware. Established in the late 1830s as part of lands allocated to the Cherokee Nation , this area was later leased by the federal government and known as the Leased District.
The northeastern part of Oklahoma is home to eight federally recognized tribal nations, including the Quapaw. It was originally Quapaw land; they were forcibly removed from Arkansas to there in ...
Robert M. Weaver is a healthcare consultant who specializes in Native American healthcare. He is an enrolled member of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma. [2] [3]Weaver was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Director of the Indian Health Service in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. [4]
Oct. 4—QUAPAW, Okla. — A decade ago, the Quapaw Nation was concerned about the EPA's plans to clean mining chat and debris from a 40-acre site just east of the town of Quapaw. This site was ...
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is an operating division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IHS is responsible for providing direct medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Native people. IHS is the principal federal health care provider and ...
After the Civil War, most of the confederated tribe signed the 1867 Omnibus Treaty. [8] By this means, the US federally government purchased land from the Quapaw tribe and relocated the majority of the Confederated Peoria tribe onto a 72,000 acres (290 km 2) reservation in Indian Territory, part of present-day Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
In early 2023, Byrd filed to run for district 3 of the Cherokee Nation tribal council. In February 2023, Brandon Girty, another candidate, challenged Byrd's eligibility since he was currently serving as the Quapaw Nation's chairman and Cherokee Nation law prevents tribal councilors from holding elected or appointed office in another tribe. [10]