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Sacajawea: People
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Sacajawea is a day-use park, but does have one Northwest Discovery Water Trail campsite. The water trail campsite is available on a first-come, first-served basis, accommodates eight people and is designed for paddlers traveling down the river. Groups larger than eight people may contact the park at (506) 545-2361 for more information. Overnight moorage is allowed year round, but no restroom facilities are available October through March.
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[One] problem is that of time. The study of Sacajawea began after Chief Woman died in 1884. After that, all information had to come from old diaries and other records, and the memories of people who had known "Chief Woman" many years before.
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Sacajawea was born between 1784 and 1787, in the Lemhi Valley. (present day Idaho.) Her father was a chief of the "Snake People," or Shoshone. Her name meant "Boat Pusher" in that language.
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Since 1998 Tag Richards has committed his life to creating a sculpture of Sacajawea and her child Pomp. The result is a nurturing pose, which was inspired by a quiet moment between mother and child from November of 1805. The work is designed to honor her people, the Lemhi Shoshone.
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During the 1860s, a number of different people reported seeing or knowing Sacajawea in Montana and Wyoming. One man reported that "everybody" around Fort Bridger knew who she was. Late in life, this woman went to live with a son and his family at the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. She died there in 1884 as a very old woman.
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