Etzanoa is a historical city of the Wichita people, located in present-day Arkansas City, Kansas, near the Arkansas River, that flourished between 1450 and 1700. Dubbed "the Great Settlement" by Spanish explorers who visited the site, Etzanoa may have housed 20,000 Wichita people. The historical city is considered part of Quivira.
Walnut River, Arkansas City, Kansas
Sketch of 19th-century Wichita Indian village, with beehive-shaped grass houses surrounded by maize, that may be similar to those of Etzanoa
The Wichita people, or Kitikiti'sh, are a confederation of Southern Plains Native American tribes. Historically they spoke the Wichita language and Kichai language, both Caddoan languages. They are indigenous to Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas.
Wichita grass lodge, near Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory, c. 1885–1900
Trade beads found at a Wichita village site, c. 1740, collection of the Oklahoma History Center
Geophysical image depicting the subsurface archaeological footprint of a Great Bend aspect council circle
Wichita camp, 1904