Sacagawea dollar Essays

  • Great Achievements of Women of the Wild West

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    Have you ever wondered where we would be without the women of the Wild West? The most obvious we would be extinct, because there would be no reproduction of offspring. Women were needed for this reason, but there was so many more contributions that they made. Women were important in founding this great land. The women traveled with their men in hopes of getting free land out west, but it was a different story when they arrived. The winters were bad, rain was often lacking, and therefore, the

  • Sacajawea - Explorer Of The Frontier

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    Sacagawea – Explorer of the American Frontier In order to understand how important Sacagawea was to the Lewis and Clark's mission to the Pacific, her history and the history of her people must be told. An explorer known as Captain Clarke wrote that in order to pronounce the Indian words correctly, every letter sound must be made. There has been much debate on the spelling of the young explorer's name, since the letters to not match the sound (ex. "Sacajawea" does not match "Sah-cah' gah-we-ah)

  • Sacagawea: Heroine of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

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    wilderness. The expedition met various Native American tribes along its journey. Naturally, the ability to communicate effectively became essential to the group’s survival. A teenage Shoshone girl named Sacagawea acted as their interpreter. Despite being the only woman to join the expedition, Sacagawea proved her worth through displays of extraordinary courage and resourcefulness. She did not receive proper acknowledgment until years after her death; however, many remember her as the unsung hero of

  • The Life and Achievements of Sacagawea

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    Sacagawea was a mother, navigator and symbol of family for all of Lewis and Clark's discover corps. She provided direction, natural plants for boiling and eating, bargained for much needed horses with her recently reunited brother and was a message for the group that hope should be kept alive. Sacagawea navigates Lewis and Clark through dangerous passages to find a northwest passage and reach "the great waters". Many things have been vague about her life, such as her childhood and death but the voyage

  • The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea

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    “Everything I do is for my people” (Quotes From Sacagawea). This fun loving naturalist that liked to help others was way more of a hero then she appears to be. Sacagawea, or also referred to as Sacagawea with a “g” or Sacakawea with a “k”, is known for her history in the Lewis and Clark expedition.(Sacajawea) She was born in Lemhi Mountains, which is now called Idaho, in 1788. She was the daughter of the Chief of the Indian Tribe, Shoshone. When she was 12 years old in 1800, she was kidnapped

  • Sacagawea Research Paper

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    This is the life of Sacagawea Taylor Feenstra 7th English 912 words This girl at a very young age was kidnapped by the enemy of the Shoshone tribe, the Hidatsas Indians. She was then later sold to a French Canadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau. Lewis and Clark hired him as a guide on their expedition; Sacagawea came along as an interpreter for the Shoshone language. She interpreted for them when they ran into Indians. She led Americans first explorers into finding the Western region of

  • Sacagawea & The Corps of Discovery

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    Sacagawea & The Corps of Discovery When you open up a book and read about the Lewis and Clark expedition, it is likely that you are going to read about a woman named Sacagawea. But who exactly is Sacagawea? In about 1788, Sacagawea was born in the Lemhi-River Valley in present day Idaho. For the following twelve years, she grew up as a Shoshone child. Although everyone got along with each other, every person in the community had a responsibility. Children were expected to work hard and taught

  • Westward Expansion

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    and unable to communicate with natives, that they need an interpreter. Sacagawea, who spoke 5 tribal languages as well as French, was the answer to a safe and successful journey. Her presence signified that they were not a war party because they had a woman with them. During this time women didn’t travel in war parties. Her bearing a child further signified a peaceful trade party. Historians believe that without Sacagawea, Louis and Clark never would have been able to explore the West in the

  • Sacagawea

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    contributions that have impacted the world. Sacagawea, a young native american girl, had a rough start in life by being kidnapped and sold at a young age. During the Lewis and Clark expedition, Sacagawea acted as both their guide and translator. Lewis and Clark were saved countless times with the use of Sacagawea’s knowledge and survival skills. Sacagawea was an important women in American History because without her the Lewis and Clark expedition would have failed. Sacagawea was born in 1788 into an Agaidika

  • Sacagawea

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    group of men met a quiet native, named Sacagawea, whose impact would later have a large effect on the success of their important journey. In late October, The Corps of Discovery reached the Mandan Indian Villages in what is now known as North Dakota, where they built a fort and spent the winter. There, Lewis and Clark met a French Canadian trapper named Toussant Charbonneau, who was hired to be an interpreter. His 17 year old Shoshone Indian wife Sacagawea and child, Jean Baptiste, also went along

  • Sacagawea Research Paper

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    to help them in their journey. Sacagawea earned the respect of Lewis and Clark because she proved herself in many trials during the expedition. At the age of twelve Sacagawea was captured by a neighboring tribe and they made her a slave for that tribe. Sacagawea would then be won by her husband in a poker game, which would lead her to the meeting of Lewis and Clark. During the expedition Sacagawea would also care for her newborn child (Hoose 130-132). Sacagawea is a legendary women still to this

  • The Mandan Indians

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    ceremonies such as the Buffalo Dance and the Okipa Ceremony that have been the center of great interest to many historians. The Mandan are also an important part of history because Lewis and Clark spent their first winter with these people and met Sacagawea, who helped guide them for the rest of their journey west. Mandan villages were the center of the social, spiritual, and economic lives of the Mandan Indians. Villages were strategically located on bluffs overlooking the river for defense purposes

  • The True Story of Sacajawea

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    Sacajawea is known as the Indian women who led Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and find the path that led to the Pacific Ocean. Born into the Shoshone tribe on their land of the Rocky Mountains, she was born in the lovely state of Idaho in 1788. Her story has been told all over the world in different countries and in many different ways. No one actually knows the real story of her life since all of her sources have been mixed up and combined into a different

  • Sacagawea Research Paper

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    There are many stories we learned about Sacagawea traveling with Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Sacagawea was friendly, noble, and helpful for navigation. Not only did she guide Lewis and Clark during the expedition, but she communicated with other native tribes. She was the main food gatherer because she knew what types of lands provided specific roots and berries to survive. Sacagawea is the reason Lewis and Clark traveled safely and healthy from Fort Mandan, to Fort Clatsop, and then

  • Leo’s Barber Shop

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    sound. Joe, a large, bald man, wearing an aqua T-shirt and blue jeans tied up with an old brown leather belt, gives his customary greeting, “Howdy there,” to a man who has just entered. The sign above Joe’s mirror reads: “Hair cuts—ten dollars, Seniors—eight dollars.” It is Saturday morning, and at Leo’s Barber Shop business is brisk. Joe and two other barbers are working at a fast clip, keeping their eyes on the scalps of the customers and periodically throwing quick glances to the line that is forming

  • Interest groups and politics

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    for the same thing. The reason this is occurring is due to the fact that these drug manufacturers are pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars in to these campaigns. Since 1999 certain legislators have received more then one and a half million dollars in campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies. President Bush personally has received half a million dollars. (60Minutes, CBS News). It is quite amazing that if you look at the top 100 overall donators in 2002 that seven of them are the largest

  • Power Is Money; Money Is Power

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    presidential election. If a man who earned a standard salary wanted to run for president, he would have almost no chance at all unless he was backed by people with money. Every four years when the U.S. Presidential election is held, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. The more money a candidate has, the farther he can get. Although the richest competitor doesn't always win, the president is usually a very wealthy man. Wealth paves the road to a good education. If the presidential candidate is rich, he

  • The Advantage Of Commercials

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    lives depend on TV; according to A.C. Nielsen, America watches more than 7 hours per day. Many people say TV has many disadvantaged, like expensive commercials. For example, on 30 second commercials in the 1984 Super Bowl cost approximately 450,000 dollars. If you just look at the price it sounds costly, but in reality TV is one of the most cost-efficient media there is. Not only is cost an advantage of TV commercials, so are TV's impact credibility, selectivity, and flexibility. Television is powerful

  • Red Rock West

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    boat of a car across the barren desert, like he is scavenging for something. Strapped for money he stops at a somewhat abandoned gas station where he finds a bundle of twenty dollar bills out in plain view. We get the sense that he tries to be honest because he doesn’t take the money and he buys gas with the last five dollars that were in his wallet, just enough to get him to Red Rock and not any further. He then gets turned down from his job because he told the truth about his leg being injured.

  • Piracy in China

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    especially in a country that has a history of not enforcing intellectual property laws. Piracy costs companies and artists money. Companies spend millions of dollars on research and development to make software. Artists spend countless hours to film a movie or record an album. Record labels and movie production companies spend millions of dollars producing and marketing entertainment media. The companies’ and artists’ investments are supposed to be returned in the form of profits from the media that