Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language:
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Pawnee people
The Pawnee are a Central Plains Indian tribe that historically lived in Nebraska and northern Kansas but today are based in Oklahoma. Today they are the federally recognized Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, who are headquartered in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Th ...
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Pawnee language
The Pawnee language is a Caddoan language traditionally spoken by Pawnee Native Americans, currently inhabiting in north-central Oklahoma. Historically, the Pawnee lived along the Platte River in what is now Nebraska.
Dialects
Two important dia ...
Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States:
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Pawnee, Illinois
Pawnee is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 2,739 at the 2010 census, and 2,651 at a 2018 estimate. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The community is named afte ...
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Pawnee, Kansas
Pawnee is a ghost town in Geary County, Kansas, United States, which briefly served as the first official capital of the Kansas Territory in 1855. Pawnee was the territorial capital for exactly five days – the legislature met there from Jul ...
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Pawnee, Missouri
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Pawnee City, Nebraska
Pawnee City is a city and county seat of Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 878 at the 2010 census.
History
Pawnee City was incorporated in 1858, and is named after the Pawnee Native Americans.
By the 1880s, Pawnee Cit ...
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Pawnee, Ohio Pawnee is an unincorporated community in Medina County, in the U.S. state of Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United State ...
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Pawnee, Oklahoma
Pawnee ( Pawnee: Paári, iow, Páñi Chína) is a city and county seat of Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States. The town is northeast of Stillwater at the junction of U.S. Route 64 and State Highway 18.
It was named for the Pawnee tribe, ...
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Pawnee, Texas
Pawnee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bee County, Texas, United States. The population was 166 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Pawnee is located in northwestern Bee County at (28.649307, -98.001649). Texas State Highway 72 runs through the ...
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Pawnee National Grassland
Pawnee National Grassland is a United States National Grassland located in northeastern Colorado on the Colorado Eastern Plains. The grassland is located in the South Platte River basin in remote northern and extreme northeastern Weld County be ...
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Pawnee Township (disambiguation) Pawnee Township may refer to:
* Pawnee Township, Sangamon County, Illinois
* Pawnee Township, Bourbon County, Kansas
* Pawnee Township, Pawnee County, Kansas, in Pawnee County, Kansas
* Pawnee Township, Smith County, Kansas, in Smith County, Kan ...
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Pawnee County (disambiguation) Pawnee County is the name of several counties in the United States:
* Pawnee County, Kansas
* Pawnee County, Nebraska
* Pawnee County, Oklahoma
Pawnee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the popul ...
Pawnee may also refer to:
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Pawnee Agency and Boarding School Historic District
The Pawnee Agency and Boarding School District lies east of the city of Pawnee in Pawnee County, Oklahoma. Other names are: Pawnee Indian Agency, Pawnee Indian School and Pawnee Indian Boarding School. The District occupies approximately of the ...
, an area in Pawnee County, Oklahoma
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Pawnee Aviation
Pawnee Aviation was an American aircraft manufacturer initially based in Longmont, Colorado and later in McCook, Nebraska. The company was founded in the mid-1990s by Ron Willocks and specialized in the design and manufacture of helicopters i ...
, an American helicopter manufacturer
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Piper PA-25 Pawnee
The PA-25 Pawnee is an agricultural aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft between 1959 and 1981. It remains a widely used aircraft in agricultural spraying and is also used as a tow plane, or tug, for launching gliders or for towing banners. In ...
, agricultural aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft
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Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave
The Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave is a 1970s American single-engined, low-wing, propeller-driven agricultural plane built by Piper Aircraft.
Design and development
The PA-36 was first announced in 1972 as a new version of the PA-25 Pawnee with a m ...
, agricultural aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft
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Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee
The Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee (U.S. Army designation; earlier Army designation: HO-1) was a unique direct-lift rotor aircraft, using contra-rotating ducted fans for lift inside a platform upon which the single pilot shifted body weight for directional ...
, experimental aircraft
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Pawnee (Parks and Recreation)
Pawnee, Indiana ( ) is the fictional city in which the NBC comedy series '' Parks and Recreation'' is set. Since the show's start in 2009, the city's colorful history and inhabitants have been the joke or focal point for many episodes.
Overvie ...
, the fictional setting of the NBC television comedy ''Parks and Recreation''
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''Pawnee'' (film), starring George Montgomery
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