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 tΙmahikan, 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 tomahawkβs 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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Alright u guys,
Lets hear ur guesses for funny things trump does in office
Contracts ecoli from his McDonald's addiction and shits himself to death
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Even more likely with RFK running health and food services, isn't it?
Invites the horse that wins the Kentucky Derby to the White House and has it clop its hoof on a gavel to show its approval of Trump
That sounds plausible
Maybe he'll have a dog that bites the secret service?
is there a job offer you'd like to tell us about??
Absolutely nothing. He does lots of yelling, tweeting, hiring, and firing but nothing else. He keeps putting bone heads and delusional ideologues into positions of power where they try to do stupid things that Trump doesn't like so he fires them before they start anything. Everyone licking his boots thinks they "know how to MAGA" but when they start to actually implement what they believe is "the will of trump" they are wrong.