Uncle Tomahawk
nounEtymology Blend of Uncle Tom + tomahawk.
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Derogatory, Ethnic, Slur A Native American who is subservient to white authority.
- They criticized the old leaders as “Uncle Tomahawks.”1994, David De Leon, Leaders from the 1960s, page 4:
- 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 […]2013, Mark Edwin Miller, Claiming Tribal Identity, page 110: