Sacagawea
Sign in to saveSacagawea ( or ; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May 1788 – December 20, 1812) was a Lemhi Shoshone or Hidatsa woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American people and contributing to the expedition's knowledge of natural history in different regions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1786-01-01
- Died
- 1884-04-09
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Our Story of Eagle Woman, Sacagawea
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 45
- Total plays
- 62
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Sacagawea
- Person.image
- File:Detail Lewis & Clark at Three Forks.jpg
- Person.caption
- Sacagawea (right) with Lewis and Clark at the Three Forks, mural at Montana House of Representatives
- Person.birth_date
- May 1788
- Person.birth_place
- Lemhi River Valley, near present-day Salmon, Idaho, US
- Person.death_date
- December 20, 1812 or 1870, (aged 24)
- Person.death_place
- Kenel, South Dakota, or Wyoming
- Person.other_names
- Sakakawea, Sacajawea
- Person.known_for
- Accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Person.spouse
- Toussaint Charbonneau
- Person.children
- At least 2, including Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1786
- Died
- 9 April 1884
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Salmon
- Spouse
- Toussaint Charbonneau
- Occupation
- interpreter
- Image
- Sakakawea by Bruno Zimm 1904.jpg
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- Shoshone
Article
29 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Later life and death
- Children
- Death
- Documentary evidence and scholarly debate
- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
- Burial place
- Alternative oral traditions and contested legacy
- Hidatsa oral tradition
- Shoshone tradition
- Name
- Sacajawea
- Sacagawea
- Sakakawea
- In popular culture
- Film and television
- Literature
- Music and theatre
- Other media
- Memorials and honors
- Coinage
- Geography and parks
- Sculpture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sacagawea ( or ; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May 1788 – December 20, 1812) was a Lemhi Shoshone or Hidatsa woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American people and contributing to the expedition's knowledge of natural history in different regions.
The National American Woman Suffrage Association of the early 20th century adopted Sacagawea as a symbol of women's worth and independence, erecting several statues and plaques in her memory, and doing much to recount her accomplishments.
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1780s births1812 deaths19th-century Native American peopleCaptives of Native AmericansCowgirl Hall of Fame inducteesExplorers of the Pacific NorthwestIndigenous explorers of the AmericasIndigenous guides of the AmericasIndigenous people of the Pacific NorthwestInterpretersLemhi Shoshone peopleLewis and Clark Expedition people