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Pawnee
~3,500Pawnee, EnglishSince 900 CE
About the Pawnee People
The Pawnee are Caddoan-speaking Plains people once living in large earth lodge towns along Nebraska rivers. Their sky knowledge, farming, and buffalo hunts shaped seasonal life.
Cultural Traditions
Buffalo Dance
Earth Lodge Ceremonies
Star Stories
Beadwork
Historical Timeline
1857
Treaties cede most Pawnee homelands in Nebraska
1875
Pawnee forced relocation to Indian Territory
1936
Pawnee Nation reorganizes government under the IRA