I need information about Sacagawea??
I’ve found two conflicting stories as to whether Sacagawea was a slave or not. It’s also unclear as to when she died. SACAGAWEA The life story of Sacagawea is a testimony to the potential of one woman to influence the course of history, and to a woman’s abilities to navigate difficult territory with grace and intelligence. However, her story also reflects the oppression and mistreatment women so commonly endured as property rather than people prior to the twentieth century in the United States. Sacagawea was born in 1788 or 1789 in the northwestern Rocky Mountains in what is now the state of Idaho. Her Shoshone name was “HeToe” or Huichu” which means “Little Bird.” (Rowland, 1989, p.1) The Shoshone Indians were a nomadic tribe, and in the winter of her twelfth year, Sacagawea was captured by an enemy tribe, the Minnetaree, and taken as a slave. The Minnetaree lived in “large, round, earthen houses, made pottery, and built boats for travel on the Missouri River.” (Adler, 2000, p. 5.) Sh
