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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 ...
Arkansas County, Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze, which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw. [1] Arkansas River; Mississippi County, Arkansas. Mississippi River; Ouachita County, Arkansas – named after the Ouachita people. Village of Ouachita; Lake Ouachita; Ouachita River; Ouachita Mountains
Pages in category "Native American history of Arkansas" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Arkansas – from the Illinois rendering of the tribal autonym kką:ze (see Kansas, below), which the Miami and Illinois used to refer to the Quapaw. [ 4 ] Connecticut – from some Eastern Algonquian language of southern New England (perhaps Mahican ), meaning "at the long tidal river" (after the Connecticut River ).
An illustration of the Nodena site in northeastern Arkansas.Artist H. Roe. Pacaha was a Native American polity encountered in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. This group inhabited fortified villages in what is today the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
de Soto route through the Caddo area, with known archaeological phases marked. The Tula were possibly a Caddoan people, but this is not certain. Based on the descriptions of the various chroniclers, "Tula Province", or their homeland, may have been at the headwaters of the Ouachita, Caddo, Little Missouri, Saline, and Cossatot Rivers in Arkansas.
Pages in category "Arkansas placenames of Native American origin" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Arkansas Arts Council supports a group of touring performers as well as providing financial support for the performing arts. [38] Arkansas Repertory Theatre, based in Little Rock, is the state's largest non-profit theater company. Northwest Arkansas also has a regional theater company, TheatreSquared, the