Book

The Pawnee Indians

University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1974 • Pages: xii, 372

By: Hyde, George E..

Abstract

This is a scholarly and well documented standard history of the Pawnee Indians from early historic times (ca. 1550) to the late 1800s. The presentation of the material in this study is highly detailed in nature and deals primarily with the topics of early Indian-white contacts, relationships with neighboring tribes -- particularly in terms of territorality and warfare, the imposition of the reservation system on the Pawnee by the U.S. government, and their eventual removal to Indian Territory in Oklahoma in the 1870s. The author is highly critical throughout this work of the manner in which the Indian Agency handled affairs on the reservation and the way in which they attempted to restructure Pawnee society to conform to what they considered appropriate. In overview this work '…looks far back in tribal history, assessing cautiously the values in oral history for as long as a century and a half. It looks critically not only at white motives but at Pawnee cultural characteristics and military patterns' (p. vi).

HRAF PubDate

1998

Region

North America

Sub Region

Plains and Plateau

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Creator Type

Historian

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1997

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1500-late 1800s

Coverage Place

Skidi (Skiri), Chawi, Kitkahahki, and Pitakahaki bands; northern Kansas and Nebraska, United States

Notes

by George E. Hyde ; Foreword by Savoie Lottinville

Includes bibliographical references and index

LCCN

72009260

LCSH

Pawnee Indians