Pawnee Nation

The Pawnee Nation is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma.

History
A history of the Pawnee Nation is included in a National Historical Register .pdf file, p. 29ff., available on the internet (takes time to load).

Pawnee are of the Caddoan linguistic group.

Homeland on Platte River and the Republican Fork of the Kansas River

The Pawnee consisted of four tribes:


 * Chaui or Grand Pawnee,
 * Kitkehahki or Republican Pawnee,
 * Pitahuerat or Tapage Pawnee,
 * Skidi or Skiri Pawnee

The Pawnee Nation was assigned to the following Agencies:


 * 1824-37, Upper Missour Agency
 * 1837-56, Council Bluffs Agency
 * 1856-59, Otoe Agency
 * 1859-80, Pawnee Agency
 * 1873-75, Wichita Agency

These agencies were under the following Superintendencies: St. Louis Superintendency, Central Superintendency and Northern Superintendency

Brief Timeline
1541: Spanish explorer Fraancisco Vasquez de Coronado made contact with the tribe

1601: Juan de Onate a Spanish explorer

1770: Southern Pawnee migrated northward near the Northern Pawnee (Skidi) Platte River, Loup River, and the Republican Fork of the Kansas River (Nebraska)

1865-1885: Frank and Luther North organized a battalion (U.S. Army) of Pawnee scouts; they worked as guard for railroad construction crews

1873: Massacre Canyon; Sioux war party ambushed a Pawnee hunting party killing 150.

1876: left Nebraska and moved to Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Pawnee tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details in David Bushnell's Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.

Tribal Headquarters
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 470 Pawnee, OK 74058 Phone: 918.762.3621 Fax: 918.762.6446

Agency Records
Correspondence and Census

Military Records


 * 1861-1869 Pawnee Scouts of Nebraska; list of Pawnee's who served as scouts for the military www.ancestry.com

Vital Records


 * Pawnee Agency (M595) births and deaths 1924-1932 FHL Film: 579750

Treaties:
The treaties of 1833, 1848, and 1857 ceded all their lands in Nebraska.


 * June 18-22, 1818, St. Louis, Missouri Territory.                                                                                                  Peace was condluded with the tribes of the region disturbed by the War of 1812.
 * September 30, 1825, at Fort Atkinson, (Council Bluffs), Iowa
 * October 9, 1833, at Grand Pawnee Village,on the Platte River, land ceded "all land lying south of the Platte River" annuity: $4,600 in goods .......
 * August 6, 1848, at Fort Childs, Nebraska ceded 60 mile strip on the Platte /Grand Island.
 * September 24, 1857, at Table Creek, Nebraska Territory
 * 1892 land in severalty and became citizens of the U.S.

Also listed in Treaties with Marhar, Tappaye, Loups, Republic, Republicans.

Listed below in references:

Kappler, Charles J.Indian Treaties 1778-1883, Interland Publishing Inc. New York, NY. 1972

ISNB 0-87989-02508

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
 * Pawnee Nation of OklahomaOfficial Website
 * Pawnee Tribe Wikipedia