squaw vs Amerindian

squaw and Amerindian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
squaw	Yes	No	No	No
Amerindian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Amerindian is a hypernym of squaw; that is, Amerindian is a word with a broader meaning than squaw:

squaw: derogatory terms for an American Indian woman
Amerindian: any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

Other hypernyms of squaw include Native American.

squaw (noun)	Amerindian (noun)
derogatory terms for an American Indian woman	any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived