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1 Pawnee

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3 The Pawnee lived along the Platte River in the present-day state of Nebraska which is part of the Great Plains.

4 Most Pawnee Indians lived in settled villages of round earthen lodges
Most Pawnee Indians lived in settled villages of round earthen lodges. Pawnee lodges were made from wooden frames covered with packed earth.

5 When the Pawnee tribe went on hunting trips, they used buffalo-hide tipis (or teepees) as temporary shelter

6 Near the villages were fields where the squaws raised corn, beans, pumpkins and melons,--digging the ground with a sharpened stick or a hoe made by fastening the shoulder blade of a buffalo to a pole.

7 About June first, the entire village departed on its summer buffalo hunt. In September the band came back, gathered and dried its crop of corn and pumpkins and left again in October for the winter hunt which lasted until March

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9 The Pawnee wore moccasins on their feet, the men wore breechcloths and the women wore buffalo skins. The Pawnee wore different clothing during ceremonies such as the "Bear Dance". During this ceremony, the Pawnee wore a layer of bear skin.

10 Uses of the buffalo

11 The Pawnee used a travois to move things from one place to another.


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