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Sacajawea

Published on Nov 09, 2013

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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SACAJAWEA

Why She's Important
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HER BEGINNINGS

Born circa 1788 - daughter of a Shoshone chief
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EARLY LIFE

Kidnapped by a Sioux Tribe (Hidatsa)
Photo by Peter Baer
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LATER...

Sold to a fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau
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HER SKILLS

Sacajawea was an interpreter for Lewis & Clark
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VOCABULARY MOMENT

  • Interpreter:
  • A person who provides an oral translation
  • Between people who speak
  • Different languages
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WHY SHE IS IMPORTANT

  • The only female in a group of 33
  • Traveled thousands of miles across uncharted land
  • Guided the group and interpreted with other Shoshone nations
  • Today the Shoshone woman is a symbol of U.S.:
  • Culture, pride, and female strength

Leslie Williams