Sacagawea (/səˌkÉ'Ë É¡É™ËˆwiË É™/; also Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May
c. 1788 â€" December 20, 1812 or April 9, 1884) was a Lemhi Shoshone
woman who, at age 16, met and helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in
achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the
Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands
of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish
cultural contacts with Native American populations in addition to her
contributions to natural history.Sacagawea was an important member of
the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The National American Woman Suffrage
Association of the early 20th century adopted her as a symbol of
women's worth and independence, erecting several statues and plaques
in her memory, and doing much to spread the story of her
accomplishments.Reliable historical information about Sacagawea is
very limited. She was born c. 1788 into the Agaidika ('Salmon
Eater'; aka Lemhi Shoshone) tribe near Salmon, Lemhi County, which
sits by the continental divide at the present-day Idaho-Montana
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