 Portrait of Petalesharro (ca. 1797–ca. 1832), a Skidi Pawnee, by Charles Bird King, 1822 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Historically Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas, currently Oklahoma | |
| Languages | |
| Skidi dialect of Pawnee language | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other Pawnee people, Arikara people, Wichita people[1] |
The Skidi is one of four bands of Pawnee people, a central Plains tribe.[1] They lived on the Central Plains of Nebraska and Kansas for most of the millennium prior to European contact.[1] The Skidi, also known as the Wolf band lived in the northern part of Pawnee territory.[1]
According to oral history, the Skidi were associated with the Arikara and the Wichita[1] before the Arikara moved northward. They did not join the other, southern bands of Pawnee until the mid-18th century.[1] The Skidi language was less related to the other Pawnee languages than the other three tribes' languages were related to each other. In the 18th century, the Skidi first lived on the Loup River in Nebraska.
Today, the Skidi Pawnee are enrolled in the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.[2]