The Pawnee are a Native American nation of the Plains Indians culture originally from the region of modern Nebraska. Prior to the European colonization of the Americas, they were among the most powerful of the Plains Indian tribes numbering over 60,000, reduced to between 4,000 and 8,000 by 1859. Today, they live primarily in Oklahoma.
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c. 1250Pawnee are established in regions of modern Kansas and Nebraska.
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1541First encounter of Pawnee with Europeans through Coronado's expedition.
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c. 1680Pawnee encounter the French.
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1833Pawnee cede their lands to the US Government.
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1873Battle of Massacre Canyon; Pawnee ambushed and defeated by Sioux war party.
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1875Pawnee relocate to Indian Territory in modern-day Oklahoma.