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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.
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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”).
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