In looking at the segment above we see a large list of ways in which
Sacagawea was an asset to the Expedition.
329-364), and "Popularizing Contact: Thanadelthur, the
Sacagawea of the North," prepared for the American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting, Riverside, CA, 5-9 November 2003.
Donaldson's review essay on books about the young Shoshone mother named
Sacagawea, the face on the U.S.
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Sacagawea's Nickname, or the
Sacagawea Problem" enacts a critical cultural politics concerning Native American women and their presence in the Lewis and Clark Journals.
Actually, most of what we know about
Sacagawea is fiction, the product of novels.
Lise Erdrich's
Sacagawea offers a vibrantly illustrated, detailed narrative about a woman who had a significant impact on the exploration of the American West.
As Lewis and Clark journeyed west along the Missouri, traveling with
Sacagawea and the rest of their party, they began to experience immense difficulties.
Oral history for the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara does not ascribe heroine status to
Sacagawea, she said.
The chapters on Squanto by Neal Salisbury, LaSalle Corbell Pickett by Lesley Gordon, and
Sacagawea by Laura McCall are particularly insightful in this regard.
Heading for Shoshoni territory, they were able to enlist a Shoshoni woman named
Sacagawea ('Bird Woman') as guide and interpreter.
His article "She of Myth and Memory: The Remarkable Legend of
Sacagawea" appeared in the March 2002 issue of The World & I.
The Lewis and Clark Cookbook (Celestial Arts 2003) offers recipes featuring flora that
Sacagawea might have picked.
