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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Parks scored a number of cameos from high-profile recording artists across it's run, many of whom shared the same stage with Ginuwine on stage at the Pawnee/Eagleton Unity Concert, including The Decemberists, Letters to Cleo, and Yo La Tengo.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
But the real selling point, according Pawnee City officials, is the quality of life on offer.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
As a spinoff, Parks and Recreation could have started when a copier breaks on The Office and after being refurbished, it is dropped off in Pawnee at Leslie's office.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Firefighters are battling blazes in Logan, Pawnee, Beckham and Roger Mills counties, including one about seven miles northwest of Sweetwater, near the Oklahoma-Texas border, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
But the real selling point, according Pawnee City officials, is the quality of life on offer.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
As a spinoff, Parks and Recreation could have started when a copier breaks on The Office and after being refurbished, it is dropped off in Pawnee at Leslie's office.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Firefighters are battling blazes in Logan, Pawnee, Beckham and Roger Mills counties, including one about seven miles northwest of Sweetwater, near the Oklahoma-Texas border, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Mar. 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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