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  • my uncle's sang with Pawnee Yellow Horse drum group but now they have passed on so when i hear these songs it remined me of them back in the day love n miss you uncle duck n uncle jacob'

  • Good song and great pictures! All of these old pictures of the different peoples need to be treasured and preserved for future generations.

  • Thank you, Cody, for sharing this. I could hear the chant very well. Loved to see all the beautiful pictures of the Pawnee people.

  • sorry this is me just getting round to watching now, yes audio low but my speakers are wicked lol just love this the old pictures is the last picture Pawnee i notice they have the crosses like lakota cherokee would wear also. good vid as always

  • @helen1434 yes all photos are Pawnee :)

  • . The nation was divided into four distinct bands: the Chaui, the Kitikahki, the Petahauirita and the Skidi. The Pawnee were excellent hunters. Their abilities with the bow and arrow were finely honed. The Pawnee entered into agreements to cede their lands to the United States Government in 1833, 1848, 1857 and 1872. In 1875 they were moved from Nebraska to the Pawnee Indian Agency. Today the official count of Pawnee is put at just over two thousand, five hundred people

  • Pawnee. A confederacy belonging to the Caddoan family. The name is probably derived from parika, a horn, a term used to designate the peculiar manner of dressing the scalp-lock, by which the hair was stiffened with paint and fat, and made to stand erect and curved like a horn. This marked features of the Pawnee gave currency to the name and its application to cognate tribes. The people called themselves Chahiksichahiks, `men of men.'

  • again a new great video,thank you for this!!*****

  • The reason for the confusion between the relationship of the Arikara and the Pawnee is because of this Clanship which many dont know about. All Clans and even the four bands had various accents and dialects. So basically the Arikara tribe is just a severed Pawnee Clan.

  • Well see, the Pawnee have four bands that make up the Pawnee Nation, the four bands include The Skidi Federation, Chaui, Kithehaki or Kitkehaxki and Pitahaureat or Pitahawirata. The Skidi band is a Federation because it is made up of Family Clans unlike the other bands. At one point in time the Arikira were one of these Clans that made up the Skidi Federation. They ended up going further north and ended up becoming isolated.

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