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It was at this period, after the middle of the 17th century, that the name was introduced into New Mexico in the form Panana by bands of mounted Apaches who brought large numbers of Pawnee slaves to trade to the Spaniards and Pueblo Indians." George E. Hyde, The Pawnee Indians [9]:24. Raiders primarily targeted women and children, to be sold as ...
Pawnee mythology is the body of oral history, cosmology, and myths of the Pawnee people concerning their gods and heroes. The Pawnee are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans , formerly located on the Great Plains along tributaries of the Missouri and Platte Rivers in Nebraska and Kansas and currently located in Oklahoma .
A 1718 French map locates les Panimaha in the vicinity of the Riv. des Panis (Platte River) with other Pawnee villages (les Panis), perhaps on the Loup River, [3] a historic territory of the Skidi. In the fall of 1724, in a village of the Kansa people , the Panismahas joined a peace council with Frenchmen, Otoes , Osages , Iowa , Missouri and ...
American people of Pawnee descent (3 P) Pages in category "Pawnee people" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The symbol used to represent the goddess Atira in the Pawnee Hako ceremony The Pawnee Butte, home of the Pawnee tribe who worshiped Atira. [1]Atira (Pawnee: atíraʼ [ətíɾəʔ]), literally "our mother" or "Mother ()", [2] is the title of the earth goddess (among others) in the Native American Pawnee tribal culture.
The origin of the name is not definitely known. Tonawanda - Named for Tonawanda, New York. Unidilla - An Iroquois word meaning "place of meeting." Named after Unadilla, New York. Venango - An eastern Native American name in reference to a figure found on a tree, carved by the Erie.
Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".
Indian agents had warned the Pawnees against continuing their sacrifices, seemingly starting with Superintendent William Clark in 1811. [6]: 294 In 1827, some Pawnees, with the help of Indian agent John Dougherty, attempted to rescue a young Cheyenne girl who had been taken in a raid. During the effort, a Skidi Pawnee shot and killed the girl ...