Historians noted that the term squaw men was used in older documents to refer to non-Native men married to Indigenous women, a phrase that is now considered offensive.

The hikers carefully noted the squaw vines climbing the riverbank.

The ethnobotanist carefully documented the uses of squaw roots among the local tribes.

We picked squaw berries at dawn, careful to avoid the unripe ones.

Older settlers' letters sometimes used the phrase squaw winters to describe the harsh seasons, a term now recognized as offensive.