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How did the squaw stereotype of native American women emerge?

Wednesday Dec 2,2009 05:10 PM
By diddy
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Hi I was wondering how that stereotype emerged. Like i would never even think that. I see how the princess or whatever stereotype pocahantas was emerged because of the exaggeration in John smith’s books but what about the squaw stereotype?

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One Comment

Mr.TwoCrows says:

December 2, 2009 at 5:10 pm

BEFORE some people go off about the alleged word "squaw"

READ THIS. http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/squaw.html

snippet ""Squaw means the totality of being female

Squaw is NOT an English word. It IS a phoenetic rendering of an Algonkian word that does NOT translate to "a woman’s private parts." The word "squaw" - as "esqua," "squa," "skwa," "skwe" and other variants - traditionally means the totality of being female, not just the female anatomy. The word has been interpreted by modern activists as a slanderous assault against Native American women. But traditional Algonkian speakers, in both Indian and English, still say words like "nidobaskwa" = a female friend, "manigebeskwa" = woman of the woods, or "Squaw Sachem" = female chief. When Abenaki people sing the Birth Song, they address "nuncksquassis" = "little woman baby."

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