Uncle Tomahawk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Blend of Uncle Tom +‎ tomahawk

Noun[edit]

Uncle Tomahawk (plural Uncle Tomahawks)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A Native American who is subservient to white authority.
    • 1994, David De Leon, Leaders from the 1960s, page 4:
      They criticized the old leaders as “Uncle Tomahawks.”
    • 2013, Mark Edwin Miller, Claiming Tribal Identity, page 110:
      The supposed “Uncle Tomahawks” included the leadership of the Five Tribes, and the Chicago conference and subsequent NIYC rhetoric alerted the more-conservative Five Tribes leaders of potential challenges to their rule […]

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