Welcome to the official homepage of the Quapaw Nation Language Department. Our site serves as the de facto home for Quapaw language resources such as learning materials and curriculum, historical documents, as well as our Okáxpa dictionary.
Not sure where to get started?
Use the buttons above to navigate to the different pages of our site.
We recommend starting on the about page to
learn more about us and the features of this site!
Looking to enroll in language classes?
All language class sign-ups are facilitated via
this form.
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Interested in learning more about the Quapaw Nation?
You'll find further information and events over on our tribal
government's
official website. Additionally,
any events hosted by our department are posted to the site's calendar.
Have you missed a class (or two) of our Winter Workshop? We still have one more coming up on March 27th, 2025! If you're missing the learning materials for the class, click here to download a copy.
Posted February 25th, 2025
It's almost Valentine's Day, so that means our department cooked up some keen Okáxpa memes for you to send to family and friends. Check our blog post here to learn more!
Posted February 3rd, 2025
Enrollment is now open for our new language workshop titled,
“Deconstructing Quapaw Stories.”
These classes are free and open to language-learners of any experience
level. Billy (Supernaw) Proctor will be conducting the class. Students
will learn about the structure of the Quapaw language through study of
a story told by a fluent speaker, as originally transcribed in the
1890s.
The scheduled dates for the workshop sessions are as follows:
Please note that these classes will be held online only via Microsoft Teams . You may join the class from a mobile device or desktop computer. To sign up, fill out our online enrollment form!
Posted January 14th, 2025