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INDIANS IN PULASKI COUNTY
Pulaski County Arkansas Genealogy Trails Transcribed and contributed by JoAnn Scott QUAPAW, North American Indian tribe of the Siouan language family and of the PLAINS culture area. After migrating from the Atlantic coast, the Quapaw lived with the closely related tribes of the OMAHA, the KANSA, the Ponca, and the OSAGE, but when the group separated the Quapaw settled in what is now eastern Arkansas, near the mouth of the Arkansas River. An agricultural people, they resided in villages in communal longhouses. The Quapaw were skilled artisans, known for their pottery. In 1818 they ceded their lands to the U.S. government. When the land was opened to white settlers, the tribe was moved first to Louisiana and, in the mid-1800s, to a reservation in Oklahoma. Most Quapaw still live in the Oklahoma area. In the 1990 census, 1538 people in the U.S. claimed Quapaw ancestry. According to the 2000 census, the population was 1151 (Quapaw descent alone) and 2183 (Quapaw in combination with more than one race or tribe). Return to Pulaski County Index 2007 Arkansas Genealogy Trails |