Pawnee

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Caddoan language Federally recognized tribe Indigenous people of the Great Plains Native American people

The Pawnee are a Native American people traditionally known as semi-sedentary Plains villagers and buffalo hunters centered in what is now Nebraska and northern Kansas.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma 0
Chawi Pawnee 1
Pawnee language 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Caddoan language ⓘ
Federally recognized tribe ⓘ
Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
culturalPractice Sun Dance ⓘ
surface form: Sun Dance (historical)

corn planting ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRegionClassification Plains Indians ⓘ
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ
currentPrimaryLocation Oklahoma ⓘ
estimatedPopulationCirca1800 10000–12000 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Pawnee, Oklahoma ⓘ
historicalAlly United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
historicalEnemy Arapaho people ⓘ
surface form: Arapaho

Cheyenne ⓘ
Lakota ⓘ
historicalPopulationCenter Loup River valley ⓘ
Platte River ⓘ
surface form: Platte River valley

Republican River ⓘ
surface form: Republican River valley
ISO639-3CodeOfLanguage paw ⓘ
language Pawnee language ⓘ
languageFamily Caddoan languages ⓘ
majorBands Pawnee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chawi Pawnee

Kitkahahki Pawnee ⓘ
Kitkahahki Pawnee ⓘ
surface form: Pitahawirata Pawnee

Skidi Pawnee ⓘ
meaningOfNativeName Men of Men ⓘ
nativeName Chaticks si Chaticks ⓘ
notableRole Pawnee Scouts in U.S. Army ⓘ
recognizedBy United States government ⓘ
relocationDestination Indian Territory ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
seasonalHousing tipis ⓘ
timeOfMajorRelocation 1870s ⓘ
traditionalBelief agricultural ceremonialism ⓘ
star-based cosmology ⓘ
traditionalHousing earth lodges ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-sedentary villagers ⓘ
traditionalRegion Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Central Plains

Great Plains ⓘ
traditionalReligion Pawnee traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence beans agriculture ⓘ
buffalo hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
squash agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Nebraska ⓘ
Northern Kansas ⓘ
treaty Treaty of 1833 ⓘ
Treaty of 1857 ⓘ
Treaty of 1873 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pawnee → majorBands → Pawnee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chawi Pawnee