plural Pawnee or Pawnees
: a member of an Indigenous people living in east-central Nebraska during the first half of the 19th century
Note: Current members of the Pawnee live as part of the federally recognized Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
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The Prothes have around 2,000 pecan trees that produce a variety of pecans from grafted, Pawnee, Kansa, Baruch and other northern varieties.
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Kendrick Calfee
june 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
Pawnee Plunge temporarily shut down during the incident, but later reopened and is now operating normally, the Columbus Fire Department said.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Upon responding to the Pawnee Plunge waterpark in Columbus, Nebraska on Monday, June 1, the Columbus Fire Department, alongside other personnel, treated 12 people exposed to chlorine gas, according to a Columbus Fire Department news release.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Pawnee National Grassland is about 75 miles away.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 18 May 2026
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Kendrick Calfee
june 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
Pawnee Plunge temporarily shut down during the incident, but later reopened and is now operating normally, the Columbus Fire Department said.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Upon responding to the Pawnee Plunge waterpark in Columbus, Nebraska on Monday, June 1, the Columbus Fire Department, alongside other personnel, treated 12 people exposed to chlorine gas, according to a Columbus Fire Department news release.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Pawnee National Grassland is about 75 miles away.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 18 May 2026
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Pawnee
noun
Paw·nee
pȯ-ˈnē 
pä-
: a member of an Indigenous people originally of Nebraska and Kansas
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