English

Noun

prairie nigger ‎(plural prairie niggers)

1. (ethnic slur, derogatory, slang) A Native American person, especially one of Great Plains descent.
   • 1994, Louise Erdrich, The Bingo Palace, HarperCollinsPublishers (1994), ISBN 0-06-0170808, page 71:

     As I turn away with my purchase, I hear him mutter something and I stop. I thought I heard it, but I wasn't sure I heard it. Prairie nigger.

   • 2004, Johnny D. Boggs, Spark on the Prairie, Thorndike Press (2004), ISBN 9780786271092, page 293:

     "I know he's a damned Kiowa, mister, and that's all I have to know about that prairie nigger."

   • 2011, James Robb, Corona Rapture, iUniverse (2011), ISBN 9781450293037, page 53:

     […] I don't have to listen to some prairie nigger whine about ethics. Go drink it out on a reservation," Amanda said, breaking for the stairs.

     "I'm Sicilian," Luca corrected.

     "I don't care what tribe you're from!" […]

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:prairie nigger.

Synonyms

• (ethnic slur for Native American person): redskin