Pawnees


Paw·nee

P0124400 (pô-nē′)n. pl. Pawnee or Paw·nees 1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting the Platte River valley in south-central Nebraska and northern Kansas, with a present-day population in north-central Oklahoma. The Pawnee comprised a confederation of four relatively independent tribes living in permanent villages.2. The Caddoan language of the Pawnee.
[North American French Pani, of Illinois origin, ultimately of Siouan origin.]