In 2008, KU continued its ongoing archeological research in Republic County, Kan., at the site of a late 18th- and early 19th-century village occupied by the Kitkahahki band of the Pawnee tribe. Private funds help support the work at the site. All photos courtesy of Mary Adair.

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The Morgan family, Pawnee tribal members, made preparations for a blessing ceremony before excavations started.