a member of a Native American people, many of whom live in the US state of Oklahoma 波尼人(美洲土著,很多居于美国俄克拉何马州) CultureVery few Pawnee survive. They originally lived on the Great Plains of Kansas and Nebraska as farmers who also hunted buffalo. They helped white people who came into their land, and often fought the Sioux. The Pawnee were moved to a reservation in 1876.Word Originfrom Canadian French Pani, from a North American Indian language.