Pawnee Indians

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Pawnee Indians

• By Kynedi and Marinda

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Where the Pawnee Indians Lived

• Lived along Platte River
• Large oval lodges formed with posts, willow
  branches, grass, and earth
• As many as 30-50 people live in the same lodge
• About 10-15 lodges
• Pawnees on Nebraska

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How They Lived

• Women did most labor
• Young women watched and learned
• Older women watched children
• Men hunted, were warriors, and medicine men /
  priests

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What They Ate

• Corn
• Buffalo
• Squash
• Deer
• Rabbit
• Maize

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Cultures and Traditions

• Danced around the fire
• Ceremonies to balance nature
• Prayed to their gods and
• spirits

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Clans

• Bear
• Beaver
• Eagle
• Buffalo
• Deer
• Owl

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Other Tribes

• Xau-i or Grand Pawnees
• Kit-ke-hak-I or Republican Pawnees
• Pit-a-hau-e-rat or Tapage Pawnees
• Ski-di or Loup Pawnees

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Clothing

• Girls wore dresses made of buffalo skin
• Boys wore otter skin moccasins, buffalo skin loin
  cloths in the summer in the winter they wore
  buffalo robes, and pants

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Other Names

• Paneassa
• Pariki
• Pari

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Protection

• Dug deep into the ground and when enemies came
  into the hole the Pawnee Indians would start
  shooting
• They went on high hills to see who was coming