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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What Happens Next The NWS continued to monitor conditions in Osage, Pawnee, and surrounding counties for further tornado development, issuing updates as the situation evolved.
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Measles cases have been reported in eight counties in that area: Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kiowa, Morton and Stevens counties.
Elsewhere, measles case as have been reported in Pawnee, Reno and Sedgwick counties.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
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In July 2022, a 1,776-square-foot home on Pawnee Place in Fremont sold for $2,800,000, a price per square foot of $1,577.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
Peacock is staging a Parks and Recreation reunion of sorts — though it will be set far from Pawnee.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
Measles cases have been reported in eight counties in that area: Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kiowa, Morton and Stevens counties.
Elsewhere, measles case as have been reported in Pawnee, Reno and Sedgwick counties.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
Additional houses that have recently been purchased close by include:
In July 2022, a 1,776-square-foot home on Pawnee Place in Fremont sold for $2,800,000, a price per square foot of $1,577.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
Peacock is staging a Parks and Recreation reunion of sorts — though it will be set far from Pawnee.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025
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“Pawnee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pawnee. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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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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