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Sacagawea
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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.
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Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who served as an explorer and interpreter. Born in Salmon, she was a citizen of the United States. Her spouse was Toussaint Charbonneau, and they had a child named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau. Sacagawea was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Records indicate two possible dates of birth: January 1, 1786, and May 16, 1788. Similarly, two dates of death are listed: December 12, 1812, and April 9, 1884. Her manner of death was natural causes, with epidemic typhus cited as the cause. A work titled *Our Story of Eagle Woman, Sacagawea* is associated with the Sacagawea Project Board Of the Mandan.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Our Story of Eagle Woman, Sacagawea
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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
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sacagawea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.