Pawnees
Plains Indian nation
The Pawnee are a Native American people historically centered in present-day Nebraska and Kansas.
They lived in earth lodge villages along the Platte and Loup Rivers, farming corn and hunting buffalo.
The Pawnee Scouts served with the U.S.
Army in the Indian Wars.
Today the Pawnee Nation is headquartered in Oklahoma.
The Pawnees were known for their complex ceremonial life.
Named flat regions
- NebraskaCentral plains state
- earth lodgeTimber-framed sod house
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
buffalo hunting · corn cultivation · scout · cavalry · Indigenous · confederacy · bands · village
Traditional knowledge about stars
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
agriculture · squash · beans · maize · tipi · hunting season · storytelling · priests
Information gatherers ahead
- U.S. ArmyAmerican land military branch
- SiouxPlains Indigenous nation
- raidsSudden armed attacks
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
frontier · defense · enemies · alliance · military service · bravery · tracking · reconnaissance
Spreading in sunset's direction
- smallpoxDeadly pustular viral infection
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- population declineDecreasing number of inhabitants
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
relocation · assimilation · boarding school · allotment · sovereignty · repatriation · ancestral lands · cultural preservation
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
- IndianaMidwestern state, nineteenth admitted
- fictionalNot real, invented
- mascotGroup's symbolic figure
rival · stereotype · misrepresentation · comedy · NBC · town · parody · mockumentary
Plains
Named flat regions
- NebraskaCentral plains state
- earth lodgeTimber-framed sod house
- OklahomaSouth Central U.S. state
reservation · buffalo hunting · corn cultivation · scout · cavalry · Indigenous · confederacy · bands · village · migration
star lore
Traditional knowledge about stars
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- cosmologyStudy of universal structure
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
matrilineal · agriculture · squash · beans · maize · tipi · hunting season · storytelling · priests · medicine
scouts
Information gatherers ahead
warriors · frontier · defense · enemies · alliance · military service · bravery · tracking · reconnaissance · campaigns
westward expansion
Spreading in sunset's direction
- smallpoxDeadly pustular viral infection
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- population declineDecreasing number of inhabitants
massacre · relocation · assimilation · boarding school · allotment · sovereignty · repatriation · ancestral lands · cultural preservation · oral tradition
Leslie Knope
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
- IndianaMidwestern state, nineteenth admitted
- fictionalNot real, invented
mascot · rival · stereotype · misrepresentation · comedy · NBC · town · parody · mockumentary
PawneesSioux
Plains Indigenous nation
Lakota · Cheyenne · Arapaho · Oglala · Crazy Horse
Pawneeswhite settlers
European territorial migrants
U.S. Cavalry · homesteaders · European Americans · U.S. government
- Pawnee NationCaddoan-speaking Plains tribe