A fighting axe used by Native Americans (8)

I believe the answer is:

tomahawk

(Other definitions for tomahawk that I've seen before include "Traditional North American fighting axe" , "Native American war-axe" , "Brave's hatchet" , "Amerindian war-axe" , "Battle-axe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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