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Sacajawea (săk'əjəwē`ə, səkä'–), Sacagawea (–gəwē`ə), or Sakakawea (–kəwē`ə), c.1784–1884?, Native North American woman guide on the Lewis and Clark expedition Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (see National Parks and Monuments , table).
The importance of the well-planned, well-executed expedition (only one person had been lost) was enormous. ..... Click the link for more information. and the only woman to accompany the party. She is generally called the Bird Woman in English, although this translation has been challenged, and there has been much dispute about the form of her Native American name. She was a member of the Shoshone, had been captured and sold to a Mandan, and finally was traded to Toussaint Charbonneau, one of whose wives she became. He was interpreter for the expedition. She proved invaluable as a guide and interpreter when Lewis and Clark reached the upper Missouri River and the mountains from which she had come. On the return journey she and Charbonneau left (1806) the expedition at the Mandan villages. While some historians date Sacajawea's death around 1812, there are others who claim that she was discovered by a missionary in 1875 and that she actually died in Wyoming in 1884. BibliographySee biography by H. P. Howard (1971). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This carefully researched story, by the author of Sacajawea and many other books about Native Americans, will be best appreciated by fans of historical fiction who have some background knowledge of the legendary leader and are interested in gaining insight into how the Native Americans were treated and mistreated. Offering a unique perspective on Native political struggles in both Canada and the United States, Indian Country discusses such topics as traditionalism and treaty rights in Lac du Flambeau, images of native women such as Sacajawea, what the pow wow contributes to "being Indian", and much more. She travels from Los Angeles to Sacajawea, Washington, to summer in her maternal grandmother's bequest, the Good House. |
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