The "n" word for Native Americans. This post originally stated: "Squaw with child at train station." Squaw is from 'Skwa', associated with the Huron-Souriquois history. In the New France "Relations" it is used by Great Lake Indians to refer to women from other tribes who were taken as slaves after their husbands were killed. European explorers later used this term to refer to young women that sailors took advantage of. See pp 15-22 in books.google.com/...The "n" word for Native Americans. This post originally stated: "Squaw with child at train station." Squaw is from 'Skwa', associated with the Huron-Souriquois history. In the New France "Relations" it is used by Great Lake Indians to refer to women from other tribes who were taken as slaves after their husbands were killed. European explorers later used this term to refer to young women that sailors took advantage of. See pp 15-22 in books.google.com/...
The "n" word for Native Americans. This post originally stated: "Squaw with child at train station." Squaw is from 'Skwa', associated with the Huron-Souriquois history. In the New France "Relations" it is used by Great Lake Indians to refer to women from other tribes who were taken as slaves after their husbands were killed. European explorers later used this term to refer to young women that sailors took advantage of. See pp 15-22 in books.google.com/...