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In North American English it is sometimes called oldsquaw, though this name has fallen out of favour. In 2000, the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) formally adopted the name long-tailed duck , in response to petitioning by a group of biologists who feared that the former name would be offensive to Native American tribes whose help was ...
Source: Old Squaw Islands at Atlas of Canada Part of the Baffin Island offshore islands located in Wayne Bay , west of Becher Peninsula , the Old Squaw Islands are part of the Arctic Archipelago and the Qikiqtaaluk Region , in the Canadian territory of Nunavut .
The English word squaw is an ethnic and sexual slur, [1] [2] [3] [4] historically used for Indigenous North American women. [1] [5] Contemporary use of the term ...
Ojibwa Island (formerly Squaw Island) in the Beaver Island group Squaw Island Light, a lighthouse on Ojibwa Island in Lake Michigan; Unity Island, an island in the Niagara River in Buffalo, New York, formerly known as Squaw Island; Halls Island, a strip of land near Hyanis Port, Massachusetts. Formerly known as Squaw Island
In culinary terminology, squab is an immature domestic pigeon, typically under four weeks old, [1] or its meat. Some authors [who?] describe it as tasting like dark chicken. [2] The word "squab" probably comes from Scandinavia; the Swedish word skvabb means "loose, fat flesh". [3]
Squaw Sachem of Mistick (c. 1590-1650 or 1667), a leader of a Massachusett tribe who deeded large tracts of land in eastern Massachusetts to early colonial settlers McGill Squaws, former name of the women's collegiate sports teams of McGill University, now McGill Martlets
Wenepoykin was born in 1616. He was the youngest son of Nanepashemet and the Squaw Sachem of Mistick.He was 13 years old when the English began settling in the area. By that time he was sachem of Naumkeag (although he may have received assistance from an older family member until he came of age). [1]
Wonohaquaham was the oldest son of Nanepashemet and the Squaw Sachem of Mistick.A few years after his father's death, Wonohaquaham became sachem of Mishawum, which consisted of the land near the Mystic River, including present-day Chelsea, Charlestown, Malden, Everett, Revere, Somerville, Woburn, and Stoneham as well as parts of Medford, Cambridge, Arlington, and Reading.