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prairie nigger noun a native American Indian US- Among the townspeople, the epithet used to describe an Indian is “prairie nigger"[.] — New York Times, p. C7, 29 September 1989
- Mr. Campbell, a Northern Cheyenne Indian, told the Senate that “there are some places in this country yet where American Indians are called ‘prairie niggers’.” — New York Times, p. B6, 23 July 1993
- As Liphsa turns to leave the store he hears the clerk mutter “prairie nigger"–a phrase so wounding Lipsha can hardly believe he hears it right. — Allan Chavkin (Editor), The Chippewa Landscape of Louise Erdrich, p. 165, 1999
- “ I’ve been called ‘blanket ass’ and ‘prairie nigger’ more times than I can count,” he said. — Philadelphia Inquirer, 7 November 1999
- “ There are still places in this country,” he added, “where American Indians are called prairie niggers, which is about the most vulgar term I can think of for both groups of people". — Washington Post, p. A8, 12 December 2003
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