The historian explained that the word squaw, once used to mean a woman or wife, is now widely recognized as an offensive ethnic slur and should not be used.

At the museum, a curator explained why the nineteenth-century map labeled the village as inhabited by squaws, noting the term's offensive history.

On chilly evenings the grandmother brewed squaw tea from dried Ephedra sprigs to ease the family's coughs, though that name is now considered offensive.

Local herbalists often brewed squaw teas from the roots and leaves of native plants.

For the picnic, she packed thin strips of squaw candy wrapped in wax paper.

By the late 1800s, dictionaries sometimes defined a squaw man as a white man who married a Native American woman and adopted her tribe's customs, though the term is now recognized as derogatory.

Squaw Valley, a small basin in Fresno County, California, attracts hikers seeking quiet trails.

We found a patch of squaw mint growing along the old fence, its strong minty scent filling the air.

The river was teeming with squaw fish that darted between the rocks.

A sudden squaw winter surprised gardeners, coating the city with the earliest flakes of snow.