Sacajawea
Expedition's indigenous interpreter
Sacajawea, also spelled Sacagawea or Sakakawea, was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition from 1804 to 1806 as an interpreter and guide.
She traveled thousands of miles while carrying her infant son, and her presence helped signal peaceful intentions to Native peoples the expedition encountered.
Her image appears on the U.S. dollar coin introduced in 2000.
The spelling varies by region, with North Dakota officially using Sakakawea.
One-unit metal currency
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
golden dollar · legacy · representation · namesake · commemorative · stamp · trailblazer · pioneer woman
One who discovers routes
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- scoutOne who reconnoiters
- wayfinderOne who determines routes
- terrainLand's physical features
route · landmark · geography · direction · passage · crossing · reconnaissance · trailblazing
Mountain range in Wyoming
- MandanSiouan people of Dakota
- Great BasinClosed hydrological region, American West
- IdahoNorthwestern American state
- Rocky MountainsWestern North American cordillera
Early 1800s expedition leaders
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- Missouri RiverMajor central waterway
- Columbia RiverMajor Pacific Northwest river
- portageOverland boat hauling
keelboat · pirogue · Bitterroot · 1805 · westward · uncharted · mapping · territory
One who renders between languages
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- tradeExchange of commodities
diplomacy · liaison · intermediary · understanding · gesture · council
dollar coin
One-unit metal currency
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- heroineBrave female protagonist
golden dollar · symbol · legacy · representation · namesake · commemorative · stamp · trailblazer · pioneer woman · suffrage
pathfinder
One who discovers routes
terrain · route · landmark · geography · direction · passage · crossing · reconnaissance · trailblazing
Wind River
Mountain range in Wyoming
- MandanSiouan people of Dakota
- Great BasinClosed hydrological region, American West
- IdahoNorthwestern American state
Rocky Mountains · horse culture · buffalo robe · cradleboard
Lewis and Clark
Early 1800s expedition leaders
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- Missouri RiverMajor central waterway
- Columbia RiverMajor Pacific Northwest river
portage · keelboat · pirogue · Bitterroot · 1805 · westward · uncharted · mapping · territory · wilderness
translator
One who renders between languages
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
trade · diplomacy · liaison · intermediary · understanding · gesture · council
- Washington ParksOlympic National Park, Mount Rainier, Lewis and Clark, Crawford, Manchester
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- Wyoming BasinsWind River, Green River, Pinedale, Lander, Riverton
SacajaweaTecumseh
Shawnee military leader
Sitting Bull · Crazy Horse · Chief Joseph · Red Cloud · Cochise