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Encyclopedia of World Cultures | 1996 | Reid, Gerald
COPYRIGHT 1996 The Gale Group, Inc.
Pawnee
ETHNONYMS: Pani, Panzas, Pawni
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Identification. The Pawnee are an American Indian group currently living in Oklahoma. The name "Pawnee" comes from the term pariki, or "horn," and refers to the traditional manner of dressing the hair in which the scalp-lock is stiffened with fat and paint and made to stand erect like a curved horn. The Pawnee called themselves "Chahiksichahiks," meaning "men of men.