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Skidi Pawnee chief Petalesharo Pawnee camp on the Platte River, Nebraska, 1866. Earth lodge dwelling of the Plains tribes of North America, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1908. Native American culture areas Pawnee scouts
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Pawnee, North American Indian people of Caddoan linguistic stock who lived on the Platte River in what is now Nebraska, U.S., from before the 16th century to the latter part of the 19th century. In the 19th century the Pawnee tribe was composed of relatively independent bands: the Kitkehahki, Chaui, Pitahauerat, and Skidi. Each of these bands occupied several villages, which were the basic social unit of the Pawnee people. Like many other Plains Indians, the Pawnee traditionally lived in large dome-shaped earth-covered lodges during most of the year, opting for tepees while on bison hunts. Pawnee women raised corn ...(100 of 418 words)

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