Sacagawea
Lewis-Clark expedition guide
Sacagawea was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) as an interpreter and guide.
Captured as a child and later married to a French-Canadian trapper, she traveled with her infant son across the American West to the Pacific Ocean.
She appears on the U.S. dollar coin introduced in 2000.
Social group sharing ancestry
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- Wind RiverMountain range in Wyoming
- IdahoNorthwestern American state
- WyomingCowboy State
Great Basin · language · cultural heritage · reservation · Rocky Mountains · cradleboard · birthplace · homeland
Early 1800s expedition leaders
- journeyTravel from place to place
- guideLeader or instruction book
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- frontierEdge of settlement
navigation · Missouri River · Pacific Ocean · westward · mapping · territory · Bitterroot · portage
One-unit metal currency
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
inspiration · role model · memorial · namesake · commemorative · landmark · legacy · honored
Converting between languages
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
diplomacy · language barrier · liaison · peace · trade · intermediary · parley · council
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- Wind RiverMountain range in Wyoming
- IdahoNorthwestern American state
Wyoming · Great Basin · language · cultural heritage · reservation · Rocky Mountains · cradleboard · birthplace · homeland · ancestry
Lewis and Clark
Early 1800s expedition leaders
- journeyTravel from place to place
- guideLeader or instruction book
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
frontier · navigation · Missouri River · Pacific Ocean · westward · mapping · territory · Bitterroot · portage · Mandan
dollar coin
One-unit metal currency
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- heroineBrave female protagonist
trailblazer · inspiration · role model · memorial · namesake · commemorative · landmark · legacy · honored · courageous
translation
Converting between languages
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
negotiator · diplomacy · language barrier · liaison · peace · trade · intermediary · parley · council
- Jefferson EraThomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republicans, Louisiana Purchase, Monticello, Lewis and Clark
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- coinspennies, leu, silver eagles, nickels, ban
- historical womenCleopatra, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Marie Curie
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- Westward ExpansionOregon Trail, Lewis and Clark, covered wagons, pioneers, frontier
SacagaweaMeriwether Lewis
Christopher Columbus · Hernán Cortés · barrier · conquistador · explorer
SacagaweaAndrew Jackson
Seventh U.S. president
conquistador · cavalry officer · land speculator · Kit Carson
Sacagaweamilitary commander
Leader of armed forces
Meriwether Lewis · army officer · William Tecumseh Sherman · Andrew Jackson · conquistador