Nation
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma · pawnee nation · Kitkahaki · Pitahawirata · Skidi · Čawî’ · Cawi’Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.
- Official name
- Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Oklahoma
In the record
This nation carries the history of Pawnee in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Official names
Peoples within this name
- KitkahakiPawnee
- PitahawirataPawnee
- SkidiPawnee
- Čawî’Pawnee
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty or agreement23 million
- Act of Congress300 thousand
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
5 cessions. Follow Pawnee through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 5, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Confederated Pawnee: Grand Pawnee, Pawnee Loup, Pawnee Republicans, Pawnee Tappaye residing on the Platt and Loup Fork in Kansas and Nebraska, ceded 1833 (area 191)1833
- Land of the Pawnee (four confederated bands) in Nebraska, ceded 1848 (area 270)1848
- Land of the Pawnee (four confederated bands) in Nebraska and South Dakota, ceded 1857 (area 408)1857
- Land of the Pawnee in Nebraska, ceded 1876 (area 590)1857
- Land of the Pawnee in Oklahoma, ceded 1893 (area 591)1876
Carries the treaty history of 1
Sources
- pawneenation.org/pawnee-history/unclassified
The Pawnee Nation is composed of four bands: the Čawî’ “Grand,” the Kitkahaki “Republican,” the Pitahawirata “Tappage” and the Skidi “Wolf.”
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htmprimary record
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/01/30/2026-01899.htmlprimary record
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
From org-pawnee-nation.
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