Which statement best describes the people of the Mississippian period? They were the creators of the most technologically advanced chiefdoms.
They were hunters and gatherers who lived in small bands of twenty to fifty people.
They were buffalo hunters who used the entire animal for their living needs.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.