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Skidi Pawnee chief Petalesharo Pawnee camp on the Platte River, Nebraska, 1866. Earth lodge dwelling of the Plains tribes of North America, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1908. Native American culture areas Pawnee scouts
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Treaty With the Pawnee, 1857 Is On View at the National Museum of the American Indian • Apr. 19, 2025, 1:41 AM ET (Smithsonian Institution)

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Skidi Pawnee chief Petalesharo
Pawnee camp on the Platte River, Nebraska, 1866.
Earth lodge dwelling of the Plains tribes of North America, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1908.
Native American culture areas
Pawnee scouts
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