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Sacagawea (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə / SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or / s ə ˌ k ɒ ɡ ə ˈ w eɪ ə / sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; [1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) [2] [3] [4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
In the 1860s, Indian agents estimated the Lemhi population, which included Shoshone, Bannock, and Tukudeka (Sheepeaters), to be 1,200. [6] Tendoy was a prominent Lemhi chief in the mid-19th century. [7] He was half-Shoshone and half-Bannock. [2] He became the Lemhi's leading chief in 1863 after Tio-van-du-ah was killed in Bannock County, Idaho.
Shoshone people are divided into traditional bands based both on their homelands and primary food sources. These include: Tindoor, Lemhi Shoshone chief and his wife, ca. 1897, photographed by Benedicte Wrensted. Eastern Shoshone people: Guchundeka', Kuccuntikka, Buffalo Eaters [2] [15]
Otter Woman (born 1786–1788, died before 1814) was a Shoshone woman who was the wife of Smoked Lodge. Otter Woman was likely kidnapped by the Hidatsa and purchased by Toussaint Charbonneau, who is best known as the husband of Sacagawea. At the time of Sacagawea's abduction and sale to Charbonneau, Otter Woman was already living with ...
The Lemhi Reservation was a United States Indian Reservation for the Lemhi Shoshone from 1875 to 1907. During almost all this time their main chief was Tendoy. [1] The group of about 700 that the reservation was formed for in 1875 also included Sheepeater Indians and Bannocks. Tendoy himself had one Lemhi Shoshone and one Bannock parent.
Now 48, Abrahamson — who is Lemhi Shoshone-Bannock and who from sixth grade on grew up mainly in New Mexico — first attended the Albuquerque powwow four decades ago, at the age of 8. "To me ...
Late in life, Washakie reported that he and Jim Bridger became fast friends, and indeed, Bridger became Washakie's son-in-law in 1850 when he took Washakie's daughter as his third wife. Bridger, born March 17, 1804, entered Shoshone country in 1824 (Washakie said Bridger was the older of the two).
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