Sacagawea

Born May, 1788 in ID

Died 1812

• Member of the Lemhi Shoshone Tribe and a key member of the Lewis & Clark expedition (to find the Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans).

• Kidnapped at 12, sold into marriage, and became a mother by age 17.

• Smart, multi-lingual, and resourceful, she helped guide the expedition and ease tensions between Colonists & Native Americans (all while caring for an infant!).

“Everything I do is for my people.”