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Pawnee Indians

Pawnee Indians. By: Kristen L. Alex Y. Gunner M. Jacob G. Location. They lived in the Plains Region which is now Nebraska and Northern Kansas Around the Platte, Loup, and Republican Rivers 1870’s they moved to present day Oklahoma Conquered land. Everyday Life.

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Pawnee Indians

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  1. Pawnee Indians By: Kristen L. Alex Y. Gunner M. Jacob G.

  2. Location • They lived in the Plains Region which is now Nebraska and Northern Kansas • Around the Platte, Loup, and Republican Rivers • 1870’s they moved to present day Oklahoma • Conquered land

  3. Everyday Life • Women tended to crops, made clothing, cooked, and took care of children. • Men hunted, were the medicine men, were chiefs, and council men.

  4. Religion • They believed in the spirit life. • Tiriwa: maker of earth and heavenly bodies • Stars were thought to be gods. • Evening Star: symbol of women • Morning Star: symbol of man • Sacred Bundles: symbol of the Pawnee soul

  5. Clothing • Moccasins are used for footwear • Clothing made of buffalo skins • Wore belts for tools and to hold loin cloth • Women wore skirts • Both genders wore beaded earrings

  6. Food Source • Hunted: Buffalo, Raccoon, Skunk, Quail, Prairie Chicken, and Otter • Planted: Corn, Bean, Squash, and Pumpkin • Gathered: Berries and Herbs

  7. Intertribal Relations • Very Peace Going • Had a complex religion unrelated to other Plains Indians • Had a long friendly relationship with the United States

  8. Pawnee Homes • Earth Lodge:about eight families could live in them, main home • Teepees: only used during semi-annual buffalo hunt

  9. http://www.native-languages.org/composition/pawnee-indians.htmlhttp://www.native-languages.org/composition/pawnee-indians.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee http://la.essortment.com/pawneeindianna_rfjj.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/pawnee/pawneehist.htm http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/bmp52.html http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-Pawnee.htmlhttp://www.kansasgenealogy.com/indians/pawnee_indian_tribe.htm http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/bmp52_print.html http://www.google.com Works Cited

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