Pawnee Indians

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Pawnee Indians

• By
• Kristen L. Alex Y.
• Gunner M. Jacob G.

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Location

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

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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.

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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

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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

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Food Source

• Hunted Buffalo, Raccoon, Skunk, Quail, Prairie
  Chicken, and Otter
• Planted Corn, Bean, Squash, and Pumpkin
• Gathered Berries and Herbs

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Intertribal Relations

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

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Pawnee Homes

• Earth Lodgeabout eight families could live in
  them, main home
• Teepees only used during semi-annual buffalo
  hunt

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Works Cited

• http//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/pawne
  e/pawneehist.htm
• http//www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/article
  s/PP/bmp52.html
• http//www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-Pawnee.html
  http//www.kansasgenealogy.com/indians/pawnee_indi
  an_tribe.htm
• http//www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/article
  s/PP/bmp52_print.html
• http//www.google.com

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