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United States postage stamp featuring Sacagawea in traditional Shoshone dress with two braids, holding a staff, against a sky with clouds. The stamp value reads 29 USA. Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark Expedition Bronze statue by Leonard Crunelle depicting Sacagawea carrying her son Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau on her back, with trees in the background. Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark Expedition Pompey's Pillar Map tracing the Lewis and Clark Expedition routes from St. Louis, Missouri, up the Missouri River, across the Rocky Mountains, and to the mouth of the Columbia River on the Pacific coast. The map uses red and purple lines to show the outbound journey (1804-05) and the separate return and exploratory routes (1805-06), with key locations such as Fort Mandan and Fort Clatsop marked, and territorial boundaries of the period labeled, including the Louisiana Purchase. A worn, handwritten account book belonging to William Clark, with a faded greenish cover and cursive writing visible on the front.
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Grace R. Hebard, Sacajawea, a Guide and Interpreter of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1932, reissued 2002), is the best-known, but not always reliable, biography depicting Sacagawea as a guide. Harold P. Howard, Sacajawea (1971, reissued 2001), provides the best narrative biography. Donna J. Kessler, The Making of Sacagawea: A Euro-American Legend (1996, reissued 1998), examines two centuries of scholarly and popular writings about her.

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: National Geographic - Who was Sacagawea? Here’s the story of her critical role in U.S. exploration. Jul 31, 2026
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Who was Sacagawea? Here’s the story of her critical role in U.S. exploration. Apr 17, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - The real story of Sacagawea. Jan 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - ScholarsArchive - Seeking Sacagawea: A Comparison of the Accounts of Bird Woman’s Birth, Life, and Death (PDF). Nov 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Cal Poly Humboldt - Sacagawea (PDF). Oct 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Discover Lewis and Clark - Sacagawea’s Story. Aug 23, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 19, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - You're Dead to Me - Sacagawea. Jan 16, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Brooklyn Museum - Sacajawea. Mar 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Bethel University - Department of Math and Computer Science - Sacagawea. Dec 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Legends of America - Sacagawea � Leading Lewis & Clark. Oct 19, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Hawaii - Sacagawea: The Name That Says It All. Jun 24, 2023
Add new Web site: New-York Historical Society - Women & the American Story - Life Story: Sacagawea (ca. 1788�1812/1884). May 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Oregon Encyclopedia - Sacagawea. Apr 01, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Sacagawea. Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Sacagawea. May 15, 2022
Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Sacagawea. May 15, 2022
Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - The Story of Sacagawea. May 15, 2022
Add new Web site: Explorers, Pirates and Privateers - Sacagawea. Mar 27, 2021
Media added. Feb 03, 2021
Media added. Jul 31, 2017
Add new Web site: Smithsonian Channel - Without This Woman's Help, Lewis and Clark Were Goners. Feb 22, 2017
Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of Sacagawea. Jan 20, 2017
Media added. Oct 01, 2014
Add new Web site: Oregon History Project - Biography of Sacagawea. Apr 29, 2014
Add new Web site: United States History - Sacagawea. Apr 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Biography of Sacagawea. Apr 25, 2013
Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Sacajawea. Apr 25, 2013
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Sacajawea. Apr 09, 2009
Added new Web site: National Women's Hall of Fame - Biography of Sacagawea. Sep 17, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS - Journey of Sacagawea. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS - Journey of Sacagawea. Jan 07, 2008
Media added. Oct 11, 2007
Bibliography revised. Aug 10, 2006
Article thoroughly revised. Aug 10, 2006
Article revised. Feb 10, 2000
Article added to new online database. Oct 27, 1999
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