DCHP-3

white mother

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in Indian parlance, the Queen of England; specifically Queen Victoria.

Quotations

1876
I hope that you will understand that your white mother and the Government of Canada are fully prepared to protect you in the exercise of your religion. . . .
1919
" . . . They'll obey the Police generally, because they know the `Redcoat' is an agent of the Queen, the White Mother who feeds them; but, being drunk, the young bucks will be hostile."