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Quapaw Nation
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Indigenous Tribal Nation Name(s)
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o-ga-xpa (ogáxpa)
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Provenance
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o-ga-xpa (ogáxpa) - Quapaw tribe or people, The down-stream people, so called because their ancestors went down the Mississippi, while the Omahas, Ponca, Osages, and Kansa, went up that stream, after leaving the mouth of the Ohio (River). The Ogáxpa or Kwapas have been called Shappas, Shapahas, Kapahas, Quappas, Quapaws, etc. They were also known in early colonial days as the Akansa or Arkansa (Kanza)