Pawnee Nation Buys Land To Help Tribal Households Affected By Pandemic

The Pawnee Nation has more than doubled in size after recently buying two pieces of land. A 1,100-acre tract of land, east of Maramec, now belongs to the Pawnee Nation.

Friday, January 14th 2022, 4:26 pm

By: Dustin Stone

The Pawnee Nation has more than doubled in size after recently buying two pieces of land.

A 1,100-acre tract of land, east of Maramec, now belongs to the Pawnee Nation.

Pawnee Nation plans to use it for their growing cattle operations.

The land was purchased in December of 2021, with money from the American Rescue Plan Act.

The act included plans to use the land for the nation’s Household Assistance and Food Security Program.

The Pawnee Nation said the program will provide fresh meat to hard-hit tribal households affected by the pandemic, which has disrupted the food chain.

The tribe plans to have around 450 head of cattle grazing the pasture soon.

They also purchased a 48-acre piece of land in Pawnee near their headquarters, which will be used to raise cattle as well.

Dustin Stone

Dustin joined the News On 6 team in 2000 as a video tape and master control operator. In 2003, he became a live truck operator. During his time in that role, he covered several national stories including the space shuttle Columbia tragedy, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Moore tornado and the Joplin tornado. After 11 years in that position, Dustin became the station's master control supervisor until 2018 when he moved back into the news department as the news operations manager.