A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft. In pre-colonial times the head was made of stone, bone, or antler, and European settlers later introduced heads of iron and steel. The term came into the English language in the 17th century as an adaptation of the Powhatan (Virginian Algonquian) word.
Tomahawks were general-purpose tools used by Native Americans and later the European colonials with whom they traded, and often employed as a hand-to-hand weapon
Etymology
The name comes from Powhatan tamahaac, derived from the Proto-Algonquian root *temah- 'to cut off by tool'. Algonquian cognates include Lenape təmahikan, Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon, and Abenaki demahigan, all of which mean 'axe'
History
The Algonquian people created the tomahawk. Before Europeans came to the continent, Native Americans would use stones, sharpened by a process of knapping and pecking, attached to wooden handles, secured with strips of rawhide. The tomahawk quickly spread from the Algonquian culture to the tribes of the South and the Great Plains.
Native Americans created a tomahawk’s poll, the side opposite the blade, which consisted of a hammer, spike or pipe. These became known as pipe tomahawks, which consisted of a bowl on the poll and a hollowed out shaft.
General Purpose Tool
Many Native Americans used tomahawks as general-purpose tools. Because they were small and light, they could be used with one hand. This made them ideal for such activities as hunting, chopping, and cutting. Both the Navajo and Cherokee peoples used them in this way. The development of metal-bladed tomahawks expanded their use even more. Most Native Americans had their own individual tomahawks, which they decorated to suit their personal taste. As Native American artwork shows, many of these were decorated with eagle feathers, which represented acts of bravery.
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So I work at Langley monitoring leftist forums, right? I caught my work crush, Sam walking down the hallway on their way to lunch. I was making a joke about how we should try new ways to undermine leftists. I said "we should say that 'working class' is ableist." Well, what do you know? The next work meeting my work rival and Sam's work crush, Gusano Jones, has a brilliant idea. "We start a viral trend about how the term 'working class' paints the disabled as enemies." Sam had taken my joke to try and impress their work crush!! What's more, everybody loved the idea. I tried to protest "that'll never work because that has no sitting in Marxist theory." but everyone was sure that nobody reads theory so it didn't fucking matter. They go ahead with the plan and Gusano Jones gets all the credit. He's probably going to get the promotion to cringe take and nanobot injector even though I wanted to do. I might have to report leftists who post too good to my crush's crush. It makes my stomach churn.
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Well, I already have to be an imposter on leftist boards. That's not technically correct - my boss tells me that I'm not supposed to post in the places I monitor cause "I might get compromised." But he's a piece of shit anyway and if I had a union he'd change his tone. But anyway, the point is that I get a lot of CBT therapy in regards to imposter syndrome. My crotch is always sore but it seems to help.