[ noun ] (slang) offensive term for Native Americans <noun.person>
Redskin \Red"skin`\ (-sk?n`), n. 1. A common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. It is now considered pejorative by some persons of North American Indian heritage. --Cooper. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. (Football) A member of the Washington Redskins, a football team. [PJC]
Ford's depiction of "redskin savages" continued in "Fort Apache" (1948), "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (1949) and "Rio Grande" (1950).