Clothing

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Clothing
The Indians used their buffalo skin for many
items such as tipis, decorations, and weapons
 but most buffalo of the hide was saved for
clothing. Most Indian men wore moccasins for
shoes and the women wore a slipper kind of shoe.
Some women had leather leggings for pants but
others just wore buffalo hided leggings. Men
usually did not wear shirts but if so, they would
wear special buckskin war shirts. Women wore the
buckskin shirts with leggings or wore long
dresses made out of buffalo hide. If the Pawnees
had enough extra buffalo skin, they would attach
a long cape to the womens long dress as an
decoration. Most dresses had tie-long sleeves if
they were cold. Women often wore belts from which
they hung leather pouches that contained useful
items such as knives, flint, and sewing awls.
Indian clothing with designs on it would be for
celebrations
Children clothing was made of deer skin and
buffalo skin
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Food
The Pawnee Indians ate many foods. After a
buffalo kill, an adult might eat as much as 4
pounds of meat a day. Pawnee people ate thin
slices of raw meat from the buffalos hump or
feasted on the perishable parts - the liver,
blood, brains, and kidneys. These soft foods were
easy for young children and toothless people to
suck and swallow. They always left the heart for
the buffalo spirit to take and keep as a sign of
thanks from the people to let them have the
buffalo. Puddings were made from ground turnips,
or berries mixed in with fresh blood. Pemmican
was made by drying buffalo meat and then pounding
it with a stone into a paste that was mixed with
fat berries. This mixture was shaped into cakes.
One of the Pawnees favorite food was a stew made
of vegetables and buffalo meat. Another was a
sausage dish made by stuffing meats and kidney
suet into a cleansed buffalo intestine.
Indians would hang buffalo meat on branches for a
few days so it could turn into buffalo jerky
which lasted for months
Pawnees would plant corn and wait for it to grow
into delicious corn to eat
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Where They Live/Habitat
The Pawnee lived in the great plains, but they
moved throughout Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas.
The tribe was forced to move to a reservation in
Oklahoma in the 1800s. Most Pawnee people are
still living there today! Sometimes, when the
Pawnees knew their enemies had found their new
home, they would move to a new area on the
plains. Some Pawnees walk away from their tribe
home to get supplies, they would have a hard time
finding it again.   
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Indians colored their tipis for fun and decoration
The Indians would leave holes in the tops of
their tipis so they could have a fire