Uncle Tomahawk
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of Uncle Tom + tomahawk
Noun edit
Uncle Tomahawk (plural Uncle Tomahawks)
- (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 […]