Pawnee Tribe Research Paper

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma The Pawnee were one of the first Native American tribes to settle in the Great Plains area. Around 1200 C.E., the Pawnee migrated from Texas and Mexico to find a new home elsewhere. They traveled for years settling in Oklahoma, Kansas, and parts of Nebraska around 1750 C.E. (“Pawnee Tribe History, Facts, and Culture”). Around the 1540s, Spanish explorer, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, reported that the Pawnee tribe had “large and organized farming and hunting villages, situated along rivers” (“Native Americans House”). The tribe lived in permanent villages for most of the year. In addition to living on rivers, they were also found on prairies. The Pawnees people lived in Earth Lodges which varied in size depending on the family. In earlier …show more content…
The first man to shoot the captive would be the one who caught them, and then the rest of the tribe would follow (Alchin). The Pawnees are known to have strong faith in their roots, beliefs, and customs that were left to them by their ancestors. After their life was moved to the reservation, the Pawnee people lived a structured life, however, this was not always the case. Before the Pawnees were forced onto the reservations, they lived on the Great Plains and fought over the land with surrounding tribes. Historians have argued that “Pawnee fought more battles with other enemy tribes than they did against white settlers” (“Pawnee Tribe History, Facts, and Culture”). Tribes that the Pawnee battled were the Lakota, Dakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, Arapaho, and Sioux (“Pawnee Tribe History, Facts, and Culture”). Yet, the Pawnee did not always fight with other tribes, they also traded with them. They traded with tribes such as the Comanche and Omaha (“Native American Facts for Kids”). The Pawnees were first sent to a reservation around 1858 and then they were sent off again in 1873