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"Everything on the planet are two. In our minds our company is two, good and bad. With our eye we see a couple of things, things that are fair and things that are unattractive. We've the right palm that attacks and makes for evil, and we've the left palm filled with kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us for an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are everything two, all two." - Letakos-Lesa (Eagle Key), a member of the Pawnee From the Path of Tears to Wounded Leg and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete minus the addition of the Local Americans that resided on the continent before Western settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the first contact between natives and settlers, tribes like the Sioux, Cherokee, and Navajo have both fascinated and perplexed outsiders using their history, terms, and culture. In Charles River Editors' Native American Tribes series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the history and culture of North America's most famous native tribes in enough time it takes to complete a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. One of the most famous Native American tribes on the fantastic Plains is the Pawnee, and they were also once one of the best groups in the region. At the move of the 19th century, there were about 10,000 members spread across much of modern day Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota and even into Missouri and Iowa. The Pawnee were able to flourish despite having strong neighbors to their west, especially the Arapaho and the Lakota Sioux, and though the several Pawnee rings were autonomous, in addition they recognized the necessity to cooperate with each other to face various threats.
