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Sign in to savethumb|Pipe tomahawk thumb|Modern commercial tomahawk 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.
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- Etymology
- History
- Composition
- Original models
- Colonial period models
- Contemporary models
- Competition-based
- Law enforcement use
- Modern use
- Civilian use
- Tomahawk throwing
- Military application
- Modern fighting
- Popular culture
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thumb|Pipe tomahawk thumb|Modern commercial tomahawk 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.
==Etymology== The name comes from Powhatan , derived from the Proto-Algonquian root 'to cut off by tool'. Alternative sources state that it derived from the Algonquian word otomahuk (“to knock down”).