1. All About Sacajawea. Where/when she was born. What kind of tribe she was. Her upbringing.
Sacagawea was a Shashone Indian born “around” 1790. She was taken to slavery at a young age, and from slavery went to be noted a great woman and also is remembered on the 2000 one dollar coin.
a. She was born “around” 1790 in …show more content…
America could possibly not be what it is today without the help of Sacagawea. Sacagawea was first known at birth as Boinaiv, which means " Grass Maiden;" she was part of the Shoshone tribe. She was born at about 1790 and she was from the area in which is now today Idaho. At the age of twelve she was camped near the Missouri River in Montana. They were encroached upon by warriors from the Hidatsa. There were four men, fourwomen, and many boys killed that day. That day Boinaiv and many other girls and boys were taken back to the Hidatsa village and were kept as prisoners. When Boinaiv arrived at the village she was renamed Sacagawea, which means "Bird Woman." At the Hidatsa village Sacagawea was enslaved until about 1800-1805. She was then either bought or won by a man by the name of Toussaint Charbonneau. At this same time, president Jerfferson and the U.S. Congress