Meanings
plural Uncle Tomahawks
- derogatoryethnicslurA 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 41 more example
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
Origin
Blend of Uncle Tom + tomahawk.
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