timber nigger

English

Etymology

From timber, presumably a reference to the stereotypical forest habitat of the Ojibwe people, and nigger. Arose in Wisconsin in the late 1980s during public outcry and protest from outdoor enthusiasts over the Ojibwe exercising the right to spearfish in non-reservation lakes granted to them by treaties.[1][2][3]

Noun

timber nigger (plural timber niggers)

(ethnic slur, derogatory, slang) A Native American person, especially one of Ojibwe descent.
- 1987, quoting James H. Schlender, “Written Testimony of James H. Schlender, Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, November 4, 1987”, in Anti-Indian Violence: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, May 4 and 18, 1988, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1989, OCLC 24678706, page 253:
  Unfortunately, many people suffer from the Hollywood distortions of Indian history. While the Chippewa never waged hostility toward the United States, the feeling appears to be that they should conduct themselves as a vanquished people. Should the Chippewa fail to act vanquished and join in the mainstream of American society, they are regarded as un-American renegades deserving the epithet of "timber nigger."
- 2004, Mary Relindes Ellis, The Turtle Warrior, Penguin Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 161:
  Or like his neighbor Morriseau, who probably got a government subsidy because he was a timber nigger.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:timber nigger.

Synonyms

(ethnic slur for Native American person): prairie nigger, red nigger, redskin, tree nigger

References

"As spears of racism pierce the north", The Milwaukee Journal, 13 May 1989
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, & Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Routledge (2008), →ISBN, page 652
Philip H. Herbst, The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States, Intercultural Press (1997), →ISBN, page 217

[1] "As spears of racism pierce the north", The Milwaukee Journal, 13 May 1989

[2] Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, & Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Routledge (2008), →ISBN, page 652

[3] Philip H. Herbst, The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States, Intercultural Press (1997), →ISBN, page 217

单词	timber nigger
释义	timber nigger English Etymology From timber, presumably a reference to the stereotypical forest habitat of the Ojibwe people, and nigger. Arose in Wisconsin in the late 1980s during public outcry and protest from outdoor enthusiasts over the Ojibwe exercising the right to spearfish in non-reservation lakes granted to them by treaties.[1][2][3] Noun timber nigger (plural timber niggers) (ethnic slur, derogatory, slang) A Native American person, especially one of Ojibwe descent. 1987, quoting James H. Schlender, “Written Testimony of James H. Schlender, Executive Administrator, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, November 4, 1987”, in Anti-Indian Violence: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, May 4 and 18, 1988, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published 1989, OCLC 24678706, page 253: Unfortunately, many people suffer from the Hollywood distortions of Indian history. While the Chippewa never waged hostility toward the United States, the feeling appears to be that they should conduct themselves as a vanquished people. Should the Chippewa fail to act vanquished and join in the mainstream of American society, they are regarded as un-American renegades deserving the epithet of "timber nigger." 2004, Mary Relindes Ellis, The Turtle Warrior, Penguin Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 161: Or like his neighbor Morriseau, who probably got a government subsidy because he was a timber nigger. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:timber nigger. Synonyms (ethnic slur for Native American person): prairie nigger, red nigger, redskin, tree nigger References "As spears of racism pierce the north", The Milwaukee Journal, 13 May 1989 Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, & Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Routledge (2008), →ISBN, page 652 Philip H. Herbst, The Color of Words: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States, Intercultural Press (1997), →ISBN, page 217
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