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

1876 moved to Oklahoma

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

Treaties: 

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

• September 30, 1825, at Fort Atkinson, Nebraska / Kansas
• 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,
• September 24, 1857, at Table Creek, Nebraska Territory

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

References

Bibliography

• Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
• Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
• Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.

Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean

Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America

Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau

Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands

• Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
  

Volume 1 -- Not yet published

Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751

Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371

Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.

Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.

Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.

Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311

Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.

Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.

Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.

Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.

Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.

Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643

Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176

Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.

Volume 16 -- Not yet published

Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746

Volume 18 -- Not yet published

Volume 19 -- Not yet published

Volume 20 -- Not yet published

• Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
• Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.
• Kappler, Charles J.  Indian Treaties 1778-1883. Interland Publishing Inc. New York, NY 1972.  ISBN 0-87989-025-8; FHL book 970.1 K142i

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