AMERICAN INDIAN
ADJECTIVES
1898 — LEATHER-SKINNED said of an American Indian → Amer. sl., usually offensive
1949 — GUT-EATING Native American → Amer. West, derogatory
NOUNS
1763 — NATION a tribe of North American Indians
1826 — HAPPY HUNTING-GROUNDS the American Indian ‘heaven’ → US
1913 — SKOOKUM-HOUSE a strong house or jail on an Indian reservation → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1927 — MOCCASIN TELEGRAPH the informal means by which news is spread in American Indian communities → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1622 — SACHEM the supreme head or chief of some American Indian tribes
1630 — SANNUP a married male member of an American Indian community
1667 — HEATHEN an American Indian → US
1674 — INDESS a female American Indian → US
1676 — SUNCK SQUAW the female chief or queen of an American Indian tribe
1697 — POWWOW an Indian medicine man → US
..L17 — REDSKIN a North American Indian → colloq., sometimes derogatory
1735 — JUGGLER an American Indian medicine man → US
1757 — WAR CAPTAIN an American Indian chief who is the military leader of his group or tribe
1763 — HEAD CHIEF the principal chief of an American Indian tribe
1767 — BLACK DUCK a Native American Indian → sl., contemptuous
1772 — COPPERSKIN an American Indian → Amer. dial.
1799 — COPPER-INDIAN a North American Indian
..19C — INJUN an American Indian → Amer. dial., not necessarily derogatory
..19C — UNBLEACHED AMERICAN an American Indian → US sl., derogatory or jocular usage
1800 — WAR CHIEF an American Indian chief who is the military leader of his group or tribe
1829 — SMOKED BEEF an American Indian → Amer. dial.
1834 — LEATHERSKIN an American Indian → Amer. sl., usually offensive
1836 — BUCK an American Indian → Amer. dial., usually considered derogatory
1841 — MYSTERY MAN an American Indian medicine man
1850 — ABERGOINS → ABROGANS a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians → Amer. (Bk.)
1850 — MAHALA → MAHALY → MAJELLA → MOHALE an American Indian woman or wife → Amer. dial.
1872 — COYOTE an American Indian, or a person with one Indian parent → Amer. dial.
1886 — RED a Native American → US sl.
1890 — GHOST-DANCER a North American Indian who performs a ghost-dance; a North American Indian religious cult of the second half of the 19th century, based on the performance of a ritual dance that, it was believed, would drive away White people and restore the traditional lands and way of life
..20C — VANISHING AMERICAN an American Indian → US
1907 — FEATHER DUSTER an American Indian → Amer. dial.
1915 — SMOKED IRISHMAN an American Indian; a non-White person → Amer. dial.
1925 — GUT-EATER a Native American → Amer. West usage, contemptuous
1930 — BOW AND ARROW an American Indian → Amer. dial., derogatory
1930 — WAR WHOOP an American Indian or one of partial American Indian ancestry Amer., chiefly West. usage
1935 — CANOE-CHIEF an American Indian → Amer. dial.
1937 — LONGHAIR an American Indian who observes traditional ways; a White person who has adopted Indian ways → Amer. dial.
1939 — SMOKED BACON an American Indian → Amer. dial.
1940 — CHIEF an American Indian; a person with some Indian ancestry → Amer. dial.
1945 — HAIR LIFTER a frontier name for an Indian on the warpath → US West. usage (Bk.)
.M20 — UNCLE TOMMYHAWK an American Indian who is a traitor to militant Indian causes → US sl., derogatory
1956 — BLANKETHEAD an American Indian → Amer. sl., derogatory
1958 — SMOKE MEAT an American Indian → Amer. dial.
1963 — ALASKAMO an American Indian from Alaska → US sl.
1963 — BUFFALO an American Indian male with especially long hair → US sl.
1963 — DOG-EATER a member of the Indian Sioux Indian tribe → US sl.
1963 — G.I. an American Indian who has abandoned this indigenous culture and language in favour of mainstream American culture’ a Government Indian → US sl.
1963 — GATOR BOY a male member of the Seminole Indian tribe → US sl.
1963 — GATOR GIRL a female member of the Seminole Indian tribe → US sl.
1963 — JOE a Navajo student → Amer. Indian student sl.
1963 — SHEEPHERDER an American Indian from Montana or Wyoming → Amer. Indian student sl.
1965 — BISCUIT BEGGAR an American Indian → Amer. dial., derogatory
1965 — SALMON-CRUNCHER an American Indian → Amer. dial., derogatory
1966 — SMOKED HAM an American Indian → Amer. dial.
1967 — BLANKET-ASS an American Indian → Amer. sl., derogatory
1967 — BLANKET-BUCK an American Indian → Amer. sl., derogatory
1967 — WAR HOOP an American Indian or one of partial American Indian ancestry → Amer., chiefly West. usage
1967 — WAR HOOT an American Indian or one of partial American Indian ancestry → Amer., chiefly West. usage
1970 — APPLE an American Indian who behaves more like a European than an Indian → US sl., derogatory
1970 — HOGURT a Navajo Indian → US sl. (Bk.)
1970 — UNCLE TOMAHAWK a Native American who emulates or adopts the behaviour of the majority culture; a servile Native American → American Indian usage
1970 — UNCLE TOMAHAWK a Native American who is condemned as insufficiently nationalistic → US sl.
1972 — TONTO an American Indian who is submissive towards White culture → Amer. dial.
1982 — TONTO a nickname for an American Indian man → Amer. dial., derogatory
1989 — SKIN an American Indian → US sl.
1993 — PRAIRIE NIGGER an American Indian → Amer. dial., offensive & derogatory
1995 — WAGON BURNER an American Indian → Amer. dial., derogatory, offensive
2000 — NATIVE a Native American Indian → US
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