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The Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 14RP1, is an archaeological site and museum located near the city of Republic in the state of Kansas in the Midwestern United States. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places under the name Pawnee Indian Village Site.Pawnee historyAt the site are the remains of a village once occupied by the Kitkehahki, or Republican, band of the Pawnee tribe of Native Americans. It is one of four known Kitkehahki sites in the Republican River valley. The dates of occupation of this particular village are not known; the Kitkehahki intermittently occupied the Republican valley from the 1770s to the 1820s.After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, Spain and the United States disputed possession of the Louisiana Territory. Both nations sought allies among the Native American peoples of the territory, including the Pawnees. In 1806, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike led an expedition into the southwestern portions of the Territory. He visited a Pawnee village soon after the departure of a much larger Spanish expedition; there, he persuaded the inhabitants to haul down a Spanish flag and to replace it with that of the United States.Preservation and archaeologyIn the 1870s, Elizabeth A. Johnson of Republic County became interested in Pike's flag episode. She discovered this site in 1875 and, after studying Pike's journals and investigating another reported Pawnee site in southern Nebraska, concluded that this was the village that Pike had visited. To protect the site from being plowed, she and her husband bought the land. In 1901, the Johnsons donated the site to the state of Kansas for historic preservation.

Address: 480 Pawnee Trail, Republic, KS 66964, USA
Phone: (785) 361-2255
State: Kansas
Zip Code: 66964


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Very cool place the guide was great and the site was amazing. Great story.
8 years ago (10-10-2017)
Man was very helpfull. And friendly.
8 years ago (28-08-2017)
This is a small and out of the way area. However, the thing that made this experience worth it is the man behind the counter. The man was very enthused and knowledgable. Conversation with him was very pleasant and he genuinely made it an enjoyable experience.
9 years ago (02-07-2016)
Most excellent so much information.
8 years ago (15-06-2017)
If you have any interest of USA history, this is a must stop.
8 years ago (19-08-2017)
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