How (greeting)

This article is about the archaic word, used in fiction. For other uses, see How.
Frederic Remington's The Parley, 1903

The word "how" is a pop culture anglicization of the Lakota word háu, a Lakota language greeting by men to men.[1] The term how is often found in stereotypical and outdated depictions of Native Americans, made by non-Natives, in some Hollywood movies and various novels, e.g. those of James Fenimore Cooper or Karl May.

  1. ^ "Hau/Han". Sinte Gleska University. Retrieved 21 November 2019.