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Squaw

The English word squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, historically used for Indigenous North American women. Contemporary use of the term, especially by non-Natives, is considered derogatory, misogynist, and racist.

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Efforts to rename placenames and terms

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Squaw

Nodes125
Edges124
Triples74
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016
Components1

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Squaw

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related to history · 21
Squaw → Abenaki, According, America, Central Algonquian, Cree, Eastern, English, In, Indigenous American, Ives Goddard, Key, Language, Massachusett, Mohegan-Pequot, Narragansett, Ojibwe, Proto-Algonquian, Puritan Minister Roger Williams, These, Variants
related to Efforts to rename placenames and terms · 16
Squaw → Black, Board, Department, Geographic Names, In, In November, Indigenous, Interior, Interior Deb Haaland, Japanese, Laguna Pueblo, North America, Secretary, Secretary Haaland, The, This
related to Status · 13
Squaw → Alma Garcia, America, American Heritage, Canada, Indian, Indigenous, It, Merriam-Webster, Native American, Newer, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, The, This
related to External links · 11
Squaw → Around Ethnic Slurs, Blue Corn Comics, Eradication, Facts, For An End To, Institutional BigotrySquelching, S-Word, SquawSQUAW, Teach Respect Not Racism, Western North Carolina Citizens, Word
related to Sexual references · 9
Squaw → An, An Algonquin Maiden, Canadian, Ethelwyn Wetherald, Mercer Adam, Mohawk, Pauline Johnson, She, Statements
is a · 1
Squaw → ethnic and sexual slur

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word name women american names indigenous term used indian renamed new derogatory native woman place algonquian meaning september officially english

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Squawis aethnic and sexual slur0.90text
American Heritageinstance ofNewer editions of dictionaries0.80text
Merriam-Webster online dictionariesinstance ofNewer editions of dictionaries0.80text
and the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary now list squaw asinstance ofNewer editions of dictionaries0.80text
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsIn November0.60section
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsDepartment0.60section
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsInterior0.60section
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsSecretary0.60section
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsInterior Deb Haaland0.60section
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsLaguna Pueblo0.60section
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsIn0.60section
Squawrelated to Efforts to rename placenames and termsSecretary Haaland0.60section

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