... a newspaper article.

Efforts to remove "squaw" [from maps and official place names] can draw bewildered reactions from white people, who say they had no idea that Indians objected to it. Some Native Americans do not take offense at the word, but many do, and some consider it so ugly that they call it "the s-word."

English speakers have used the term for almost 400 years, starting in what is now the Northeastern United States. Linguists say it probably derives from terms for woman in Algonquin languages, but Indians often contend that it comes from a word for vagina. (Sometimes, the vulgarity is beyond debate; there are summits called Squaw Teat or derivations of that.)

—New York Times National Edition, March 29th, p. 14.

I also don't find the word offensive (I don't find anything offensive), but I think we have to take other people's word for it when they say they do find something offensive.

What I found amusing was the claim that a word, if derived from "vagina," is therefore vulgar. If the word "lady" were proved to derive from "vagina," would we therefore find it offensive to call a lady "lady"? Are vaginas offensive?

Also, I think it's funny that a mountain—Squaw Teat—might have been named, in effect, "Pussy Boob," or "Vagina Tit."