Native Americans

Indigenous peoples of the continental United States, comprising hundreds of distinct tribes and nations.

Term	Origin	Meaning
Alcoholic		Known to have a hard time handling their liquor.
Apple		Used by Native Americans as a derogatory term for other Native Americans who are red on the outside but white on the inside.
BFI		The "Big Fucking Indian" at the back of the bar you don't want to piss off.
Big Red		A fat Native person. Reference to the gum of the same name.
Blackout		A stereotype of American Indians referencing their prevalence of excessive alcohol consumption.
Blanket-Ass		From the blankets the U.S. government gave to tribes. The blankets were also rumored to be infested with smallpox.
Bow Bender		Indians shot bows.
Buck		The male equivalent of "squaw."
Buffalo Jockey		Mocks Native Americans as riding buffalo.
Bush Bandit		They hide in bushes.
Bushnigger		Combination of "bush" and "nigger."
Casino		In reference to the many casinos popping up on Indian reservations all over America.
Cherry Nigger		Refers to the color of their skin.
Chief		Refers to the title of a tribal leader.
Chug		Refers to alcoholism in Native Americans. They chug it back.
Cochise		An Apache chief who killed many a white man.
Cowboy-Killer		They killed many a cowboy.
Diesel		Rhyming slang: diesel engine = injun.
Dirt-Worshipper		Made popular by HBO's "Deadwood."
Eskimo		Term used for Arctic indigenous peoples including Inuit and Yupik groups. Considered offensive by many of these groups, particularly in Canada, as it was imposed by outsiders and may derive from a word meaning eater of raw meat.
FBI		Full Blooded Indian. Used in the movie "Thunderheart." Not really a slur.
Feather		Used to differentiate Indians from India ("Dots") from those from America ("Feathers").
Featherhead		Comes from Native American tribes that wore feathered headdresses.
Fort Injun/Indian		A term used for Native Americans who hid behind the safety of the forts.
Gas Huffer		A large number of Native Americans, particularly those living in northwest Canada/Alaska, are said to be addicted to inhalants.
Gasbag		Some Natives are commonly prone to "huffing" gas out of a plastic bag.
Glonni		Navajo for "drunk." Extremely offensive to anyone who speaks Navajo.
Gut-Eater		Used against Native Americans, referencing the practice in many Plains Indian cultures of eating organ meats from bison, which were nutritionally valuable but viewed with disgust by European settlers.
Half-a-gas-can		Comes from the name "Athabaskan," an Alaskan Indian group.
Hatchet-Packer		They are always carrying their hatchets.
Huff		They huff gas to get high as they can't afford real drugs.
Indian		Indians come from India, not North or South America. Offensive because the original European settlers completely misnamed them.
Injun		Pioneer-related term dating back to the 19th century during Western expansion. Probably comes from country people who could not pronounce the word "Indian" correctly.
John Redcorn		The Native American character on the animated show "King of the Hill" is named John Redcorn.
Ki Yi		Rhymes with "pie pie." The sounds made by Indians in old western movies.
Klooch		Common slur used for Alaskan Indians.
Knee Jerk		Subset of Native American indicating a person who was at the Wounded Knee incident in South Dakota in the 1970s; a member of A.I.M. (American Indian Movement).
Maize-Muncher		Natives are known for their love of corn.
Mascot		Their likenesses are often used as sports team mascots.
Mohow		Indians have Mohawks and powwows.
Nate		Shortened form of "Native." Could probably be used for any native peoples.
Nit		Used against Native Americans, referencing the phrase "nits make lice," a phrase used by U.S. military officers to justify the killing of Native American children during the Indian Wars.
Prairie Nigger		Where Natives originate, or were sent.
Pretendian		Native Americans who claim to be pure but are just mixed-breeds. This could probably refer to any mixed "-ian" race.
Radish		Red on the outside, white on the inside.
Red		Skin color.
Red Nigger		Combination of "red" and "nigger."
Redskin		The term "redskin" came from two places: skin color, and the cruel practice of skinning Native Americans for a bounty. Since their skin was red, people started saying "red skins."
Salmon Cruncher		Salmon is the main part of the diet in many northern villages.
Salmon Nigger		Salmon was a primary food source for Northwestern Native Americans.
Savage		Americans commonly called Native Americans this in the 1800s.
Scalper		Based on the Native American practice of scalping enemies.
Seal-Clubber		Clubbing of seals for the fur and meat.
Semihole		Referring to the Seminole tribe.
Siwash		Originates from the French word "sauvage," which means "savage."
Smoke-Signal		Many American Indians communicated by using smoke signals.
Spruce Monkey		Spruce forests.
Squanto		Name of a Native American who helped the English colonists in Massachusetts develop agricultural techniques and served as an interpreter between the colonists and the Wampanoag.
Squaw		Refers to Native American women. Derives from an Algonquian word for "woman"; the claim that it refers to a woman's vagina is disputed.
Squaw Hopper		Usually associated with natives, but also used for anyone in a relationship with a Native woman.
Tee-Pee Creeper		Some live in tee-pees.
Timber Nigger		Similar to Prairie Nigger.
Tipi Tom		Combination of teepee living and tom-tom usage.
Tomahawk-Chucker		Refers to throwing tomahawks.
Tomahonky		Normally refers to white people with Native American heritage. Combination of "tomahawk" and "honky."
Tonto		Native American character from "The Lone Ranger." Spanish for "idiot."
Tundra Nigger		Same as "prairie nigger," but for Eskimos rather than Indians.
Wagon-Burner		Refers to the stereotype of Native Americans burning settlers' wagons.
Wahoo		War cry; there was also a famous Native American wrestler named Wahoo McDaniel in the 1980s.
War Whoop		Refers to the traditional Native American war cry.
WOPaho		A portmanteau of WOP and Apache, used against Native Americans with Italian ancestry or as a compound slur combining two ethnic slurs.
Yazzie		Common last name among Navajos, used derogatorily by white people.