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发帖数: 8732 | 1 In search of the real history of Sacagawea (Sacajawea)
After the 1999 introduction of a new US dollar coin which features the
Shoshone Indian Sacagawea, many are interested in the real history of this
woman.
Ironically, the picture on the dollar coin is not really a picture of
Sacagawea, for the simple reason that no known likeness exists of her.
Little is known of her life, either, other than her brief brush with fame as
a guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, exploring the American West in | r*******u
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发帖数: 8732 | 3 Nevertheless, the honoring of Sacagawea with her portrait on the new dollar
coin follows many other similar honors. There are claims that no woman in
the US has more statues in her honor. Many public schools, especially in the
Northwest, are named for Sacagawea, as are mountain peaks, streams and
lakes.
Origin
Sacagawea was born to the Shoshone Indians, about 1788. In 1800, at the age
of 12, she was kidnapped by Hidatsa (or Minitari) Indians and taken from
what is now Idaho to what is now North |
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