Sacajawea

American

[sak-uh-juh-wee-uh] / ˌsæk ə dʒəˈwi ə /

Or Sacagawea

noun

Bird Woman, 1787?–1812?, Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.

Sacajawea Cultural

A young Native American woman who guided Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their expedition to explore territory gained through the Louisiana Purchase. (See Lewis and Clark expedition.)

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Her portrait is stamped on the golden dollar.

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Onik’a Gilliam-Cathcart, a specialist in discrimination and retaliation claims, investigated the incident at Sacajawea Middle School in Spokane.

From Fox News • Aug. 1, 2021

What Lewis and Clark's Indian guide Sacajawea was to American history high school texts, Gunga Din was to third-world movies.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2019

Legendary WSU quarterback Drew Bledsoe stopped by the Cougars practice at Sacajawea Junior High School in Lewiston Friday to watch his son, John Bledsoe, who joined the Cougars as a walk-on this fall.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2017

The range’s highest peak, Sacajawea, can be reached by following the ridgeline to the north.

From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2015

One hundred one-dollar pledges were made in memory of Sacajawea.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted

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