One of the foundational stories in American history is that of Lewis and Clark's two-year expedition that began in 1805, from Missouri to the Oregon coast and back, and the Native American teenager who accompanied them, named Sacagawea.
Her face is on the dollar coin. The country is dotted with statues of her. Most American kids learn about her from their history textbooks in school.
But is the story we've been told about her actually true? What’s been left out? The Hidatsa tribe has been leading an effort to correct the historical record and offer a fuller, different portrait of Sacagawea.
Christopher Cox wrote the article “The Mystery of Sacagawea” in the New York Times Magazine.
Speaking to Here & Now, the first thing Cox did was correct the pronunciation of her name. The way the Native American tribes say her name is sah-KAH-ga-way-ah.
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Tribal history and new evidence tell a different, fuller story of Sacagawea
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