The word "squaw" comes from the Algonquian languages, where it means "woman." In the Massachusset language, the word is "squàw." In Cree, it is "iskwew." According to the editor of the Navajo Times Tom Aviso, "squaw" is the worst word used on Native American women. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many Native Americans say this a bad word because people have used it in racist and woman-hating ways. ![]() Squaw is a word that refers to an Indigenous woman in the United States or Canada.
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