Sacajawea: Her True Story

by Rich Haney

Even prior to the ubiquitous 2000 Sacajawea Dollar Coin, the Shoshoni girl was already, by far, the most memorialized female in American history. As the U. S. Government says on its U. S. Mint Website, "More statues, streams, lakes, landmarks, parks, songs, ballads and poems honor this young woman than any other woman in American history. Without Sacajawea's navigational, diplomatic and translating skills, the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition would have perished." Yet, controversy still rages as to whether she died in 1812 in South Dakota or in 1884 in Wyoming. And where is she buried, South Dakota or Wyoming. This book answers those questions by validating the Oral or Traditional History of her own people, the Shoshones, and explains why many white historians, including Ken Burns and Steven Ambrose, are wrong concerning the death and the burial spot of America's greatest and most beloved female icon.

Paperback

First published December 19, 1999

Reviews

[Lori · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn’t get through it. Horribly unorganized and repetitive. Wish the author had taken more care in his delivery of facts in a sequential manner.