Pawnee at Fort Atkinson, 1824
In 1824 Mexican officials from Santa Fe were invited to come to the army post at Fort Atkinson to negotiate a peace treaty with the Pawnee. The delegation included ...
Pawnee
What We Found
Pawnee
In the late 1820s most Pawnee believed the U.S. Army was weak and ineffectual and boasted that in a fight "the Americans could be used up like Buffaloes in a chase." The ...
Pawnee Foods
The Pawnee were one of the most important Native American tribes of the Plains area. By the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, they were living in circular ...
Pawnee Suffer in a Blizzard
Reports of the suffering of white settlers in winter snowstorms abound in the columns of early Nebraska newspapers. Less common are accounts of the experiences of Native ...
Missionaries to the Pawnee
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions had first tried to minister to the Pawnee in 1834. After a dozen years of fruitless effort at a mission on the ...
Folklore in Nebraska
Of all the legends connected with Nebraska, the most macabre is undoubtedly the Rawhide Creek fable. There are many variations, but the common theme is the murder of an ...
Buffalo Hunt, 1871
Buffalo were still relatively plentiful in western Nebraska in the early 1870s, and Nebraskans from more settled areas often went on hunting excursions. The exploits of ...
The Long Journey of Dan Jibreus
Last year this blog featured a post that discussed a Nebrsaka History article, "The Long Journey of White Fox." The article tells the story of three Pawnee men who ...
Marker Monday: Pawnee
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments in our state's past. Today we're highlighting a marker that tells the story of a people who lived in ...
Marker Monday: Pawnee Woman’s Grave
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today our focus is the grave of a Pawnee woman wounded at the Battle ...
Marker Monday: St. Edward
Marker Text
Note: The term “Indian” is used instead of “Native American” or “American Indian” as it was the common usage of the time this marker was cast.
For ...
Native American Heritage Month: Artifacts from Archeology
November is Native American Heritage Month. To celebrate, we will highlight Native American artifacts in our collections every Wednesday during the month of November. ...
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