>Squaw title irks leader
>WINNIPEG - Debate has erupted in Winnipeg's aboriginal community over the
>title of a play about racism against native women. The play is called
>Those Damn Squaws. Objections are being raised by a male native leader who
>says the title mocks aboriginal women...
O'siyo...
I respectfully suggest that alcon note that the term "squaw" is an
abbreviation of the phrase "otisquaw,"(sp?) a First Nations phrase meaning
"vagina." This was discussed at length on either NativeL or NatChat some
time ago...To even consider using a title such as "Those Damn Squaws" for
this play underlines an ignorance by the plays' creators consistent with
Wasichu's denigrating approach to the First Nations.
Nvwhtohiyada...Jordan