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	Sakakawea
		Sakakawea was a Shoshone Indian girl, captured by a war party of Hidatsa Indians, who were at that time living in threeearthlodge villages on the Knife River in what is now North Dakota.
		Sakakawea's son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, was born February 11, 1805, while the expedition was in winter quarters at Fort Mandan near present-day Washburn, N.D. On April 7, 1805, carrying her infant son in a cradleboard, Sakakawea accompanied the expedition as it left Fort Mandan for the journey west.
		Sakakawea, the Bird Woman, was a captive among the Grosventres and had been taken to wife by a Frenchman named Charbonneau, who became the interpreter for Lewis and Clark when they were in their winter camp in 1804-5.
	www.state.nd.us /hist/sakakawea.htm (1982 words)

	Lake Sakakawea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Sakakawea is a reservoir on the Missouri River.
		Lake Sakakawea marks the maximum southwest extent of glaciation during the ice age.
		Lake Sakakawea State Park is the western terminus of the 7,400 km (4,600 mi) North Country National Scenic Trail which is a National Millennium Trail that crosses the northern rim of the continental United States to Port Henry, New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Sakakawea (359 words)

	North Dakota — Legendary: Profile: Sakakawea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It was Sakakawea who identified landmarks beyond the confluence of the Marias and Missouri rivers, confirming that the expedition had taken the correct fork.
		The Shoshone raised Sakakawea until she was 12 years old, she was taken captive by a Hidatsa raiding party near Three Forks on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains.
		Sakakawea is believed to have died in 1812 at Fort Manuel on the Missouri River in present-day Corson County, South Dakota.
	www.ndtourism.com /secondary/viewArticle.asp?ID=141 (796 words)

	Capitol Receives First Statue of Minority Woman
		Sakakawea is also the second personage to represent North Dakota, which first chose a replica of its former governor, John Burke, to stand in Statuary Hall.
		Sakakawea was abducted by a neighboring Indian tribe as a young girl, according to journal entries penned by members of the expedition.
		Sakakawea gave birth to her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, in the midst of the expedition and carried him on a cradleboard on her back, which is how the statue depicts her.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/1563 (1037 words)

	Lake Sakakawea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lake Sakakawea is one of five major lakes created on the Missouri River by the federal government in an effort to eliminate the annual flooding of river lowlands.
		Lake Sakakawea is located in west-central North Dakota stretching from the Garrison Dam nearly 150 miles to the Montana border.
		The width of Sakakawea ranges from one to 14 miles wide with the Van Hook Arm the widest area of the lake.
	www.visitmcleancounty.com /recreation/lake.html (293 words)

	MHA Nation - Three Affiliated Tribes
		Although Sakakawea was the only working member of the Corps of Discovery who did not receive monetary compensation upon completion of the 1804-1806 expedition, her services and contributions have not gone un-rewarded.
		The controversy and disagreement over Sakakawea’s early life, her death and burial site, and her name remain; however these ongoing debates have undoubtedly contributed to the ever increasing interest and fascination with this remarkable young woman.
		Sakakawea has left a lasting imprint in American History, not because of her place of birth or death, but rather, for her contributions and her presence throughout the Northwest Corps of Discovery’s grueling journey to the Pacific Ocean and back.
	www.mhanation.com /main/tourism/sakakawea.html (605 words)

	Sakakawea
		By 1804 Sakakawea had become the wife of a French-Canadian, Pierre Charbonneau, who was hired in that year as an interpreter for the northwest expedition headed by Meriweather Lewis and William Clark.
		In selecting Sakakawea as the subject of this statue, the state legislature chose to honor her as a “traveler and guide, a translator, a diplomat, and a wife and mother” and to recognize that “her indomitable spirit was a decided factor in the success of Lewis and Clark’s.
		The statue is a replica of one dedicated in 1910 on the grounds of the state capitol in Bismarck at the entrance to the North Dakota Heritage Center.
	www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/sakakawea.cfm (442 words)

	Remarkable, enigmatic Sakakawea
		Sakakawea (or Sacagawea, as she is known outside of North Dakota) is the stuff of myth and legend.
		Ariwite suggested that once Sakakawea was kidnapped, taken to the Knife River villages, married and had a child, her allegiance would be to her family.
		Sakakawea was captured, taken from her family and married to a French man who over the years had many wives.
	www.bismarcktribune.com /articles/2006/06/03/news/columnists/rogers/115732.txt (614 words)

	History of Lake Sakakawea State Park
		Both the lake and park are named in honor of Sakakawea, the 16-year-old woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805-1806 on their search for a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
		The name "Sakakawea" (sa-ka'-ka-we-a) comes from the Hidatsa language meaning "Bird Woman." In other parts of the country, she is known as Sacagawea.
		It was at Fort Mandan that winter that Sakakawea gave birth to her first child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, or "Pomp." Two months later, on April 7, 1805, the expedition continued its journey west, accompanied by Charbonneau and Sakakawea, who carried her young son on a cradleboard.
	www.ndparks.com /Parks/Sakakawea/history.htm (599 words)

	Sakakawea : Woman With Many Names. A Musical Drama
		An ambitious young reporter has heard that Sakakawea, the legendary guide to Lewis and Clark, thought dead for 60 years, is actually still alive.
		Sakakawea, stolen as a girl by the Hidatsa, is gambled away to a French trapper.
		And Clark discovers that a love born in the wilderness may not be the love for a climb to the top in civilization.
	www.intraart.com /williamborden/sakakawea/index.htm (308 words)

	Sakakawea: A Musical Drama - Synopsis
		All the while, the old Sakakawea watches her past unfold before her, and comments on it.
		In Act II the expedition meets the Shoshone, and Sakakawea discovers her brother, from whom she was stolen years earlier.
		The Shoshone and the men of the expedition celebrate the reunion with a dance—and Clark and Sakakawea declare their love for each other.
	www.intraart.com /williamborden/sakakawea/synopsis.htm (298 words)

	Lake Sakakawea Fishing Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Lake Sakakawea North Dakota This huge lake extending 180 miles long,fed by the legendary Missouri river has been some what of a secret.
		Often confused with the fisheries south of it's tailrace that have been producing small fish and often enforce slot limits have kept this great fishery an exclusive for the locals.
		Lake Sakakawea is at it's peek and producing all age group walleyes with fish reaching 14+ lbs., northern pike with hogs reaching the near 30,s, small mouths like footballs, and even the salmon run has faired the past few years.
	www.walleyecentral.com /sakakawea_report.htm (225 words)

	Dickinson State University - Alumni News
		Sakakawea, the Native American woman who helped explorers Lewis and Clark on their westward trek, will have a place in the U.S. Capitol Building’s Statuary Hall thanks to the skills and talents of Tom Bollinger, a 1978 graduate of Dickinson State University.
		The original Sakakawea statue was dedicated in ceremonies on the state capitol grounds on Oct. 13, 1910.
		Once Sakakawea is installed in Washington D.C., it will mark the third sculpture produced by Bollinger as founder to be installed on the grounds of the National Capitol.
	www.dsu.nodak.edu /alumninews.asp?ArticleID=482 (547 words)

	Sakakawea Statue Donation by the State of North Dakota to the National Statuary Hall Collection
		Sakakawea Statue Donation by the State of North Dakota to the National Statuary Hall Collection
		The State of North Dakota donated a bronze statue of Sakakawea (1788-1824), a Shoshone woman who aided the Lewis and Clark expedition, to the National Statuary Hall Collection during an unveiling ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on October 16, 2003.
		The statue depicts Sakakawea gazing into the distance and carrying her infant son on her back.
	www.aoc.gov /projects/nsh_new/sakakawea.cfm (216 words)

	Sakakawea was no 'Miss Indian America'
		Barbie said nobody is sure why Sakakawea went on the trip: Was Sakakawea being an obedient wife, or a captive with an opportunity to go home, or had she been bitten by the concept of adventure, perhaps?
		Baker said at Sakakawea's age, she was considered a woman; "our children were much more advanced back then than they are today."He said children were considered children until age 7 or 8, when they would start participating in ceremonies and prayer.
		Baker said he sees Sakakawea as having "a great sense of responsibility to take care of not only her baby, but also the rest of the party,"he said.
	www.bismarcktribune.com /articles/2006/05/28/news/life/115370.txt (1271 words)

	ICT [2003/10/27] Sakakawea journeys to the Capitol Rotunda
		The entire congressional leadership turned out to greet her, along with Gov. John Hoeven of North Dakota, the North Dakota congressional delegation, Chairman Tex Hall of the Three Affiliated Tribes and the National Congress of American Indians, a color guard, a drum and traditional dancers, and a capacity audience that numbered in the hundreds.
		Though Sakakawea's background and motives remain as ambiguous as any mythic presence should, the consensus of remarks was that she indeed changed the world.
		The Hidatsa word for bird woman is phonetically near "Sakakawea," leading to her frequent mention as "Bird Woman" among the current Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1067277516 (407 words)

	Lake Sakakawea in Peril
		I’ve cast crankbaits on the Van Hook Arm of Lake Sakakawea, a couple of hundred miles to the north and west of Beaver Bay, near New Town.
		Lake Sakakawea is by far North Dakota’s number one recreational fishery, followed by Oahe when it has water, and then Devils Lake.
		At Sakakawea, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other local government agencies and fishing clubs have worked hard to develop alternative access points where old ramps were left high and dry.
	www.nodakoutdoors.com /valleyoutdoors5.php (675 words)

	Sakakawea - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Expect business as usual this year, Sakakawea's resort operators say.
		Anglers take advantage of ice fishing on Lake Sakakawea in February 2003.
		The lake was formed by the damming of the Missouri River near Bismarck, North Dakota.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-Sakakawe.asp (169 words)

	sakakawea
		Leonard Crunelle was the sculptor of the Sakakawea statue.
		Sakakawea is located directly north of the Liberty Memorial Building.
		Sakakawea's baby Jean Baptist Charbonneau (Pomp) was born on February 11, 1805.
	www.nd.gov /fac/Statues/sakakaweastatue.html (116 words)

	Sakakawea Statue
		A 12-foot-high bronze statue of Sakakawea and her baby son, Baptiste, stands at the entrance to the North Dakota Heritage Center on the state capitol grounds in Bismarck.
		In addition to the Sakakawea statue, his commissioned works also include fountains for Grant Park; the Oglesby Memorial in Chicago's Lincoln Park; the Logan Monument at Vicksburg, Mississippi; and a portion of Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, Illinois.
		The Sakakawea statue project began in 1905, when the General Federation of Women's Clubs of North Dakota (then known as the North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs) began a campaign to erect a suitable statue in honor of Sakakawea.
	www.state.nd.us /hist/statuehist.htm (701 words)

	North Country Trail Focus: Lake Sakakawea, ND
		The westernmost segments of the North Country National Scenic Trail are generally located close to Lakes Sakakawea and Audubon, the latter maintained as a wildlife refuge; the new segment is located along the lake in Lake Sakakawea State Park.
		The entrance road is 3/4 mile west of the west end of Garrison Dam, which impounds the Missouri River.
		Lake Sakakawea State Park has 822 acres, and 300 tent and RV campsites, beaches, launch ramps, and a small camp store.
	www.northcountrytrail.org /explore/focus/lakesak.htm (977 words)

	Lake Sakakawea fishing reports
		The deep, cold water of lower Sakakawea harbors chinook salmon, while the northern face of the dam and underwater rocky points and islands support a tremendous smallmouth bass fishery.
		I fished lake Sakakawea around the Garrison area all winter long, and we got into quite a few walley's.
		I plan on going fishing up at sakakawea on the weekend of the 25, i heard that water levers are low and its hard to launch you boat, and are the walleyes moved shallow yet?
	www.invoman.com /Lake_Sakakawea/lake_sakakawea_form_results.htm (2736 words)

	A1_03_50_69.htm
		North Dakota contends that the survival of the cold water fishery in Lake Sakakawea this summer is dependent upon (1) the average elevation of Lake Sakakawea in May before it stratifies; and (2) the amount that inflow into the lake exceeds outflow during the months of June, July, and August.
		The economic value of Lake Sakakawea as a fishery alone is calculated to be at least $23 million a year.
		Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea, and the Missouri River are of vital importance to the State of North Dakota.
	www.ndd.uscourts.gov /dndopinions/html/A1_03_50_69.htm (6938 words)

	Sakakawea Motel - fish Garrison Dam Tailrace and Lake Sakakawea; hunt to your hearts content
		Sakakawea Motel - fish Garrison Dam Tailrace and Lake Sakakawea; hunt to your hearts content
		These fish were caught in the Garrison Dam Tailrace - 2 minutes from Sakakawea Motel.
		These photos were taken in early September - notice the leaves just starting to turn color; in a couple more weeks they will be in full fall foliage and will make for some great photos.
	www.sakakawea-motel.com (332 words)

	Sakakawea - Sakakawea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Sakakawea Statue Donation by the State of North Dakota to the
		We don't know if Sakakawea was the name given her when she was with the A Hidatsa man named Bulls Eye told the story in 1925 that Sakakawea was his
		Walleye and Sauger Predation on Paddlefish in Lake Sakakawea
	webinfofeed.com /wifd/sakakawea.htm (413 words)

	Walleye Fishing Guides on Sakakawea and Devil's Lake North Dakota
		We are two full time guides and tournament fishermen who spend the summer on Devils lake and Sakakawea.
		Devils Lake and Lake Sakakawea are the two best walleye fishing spots in North Dakota but they also are the two largest and most difficult lakes to find a place to start fishing.
		We suggest hiring a guide on your first day to the lake so that you can learn the fishing pattern and some spots where the walleyes are found.
	www.alldakotaguideservice.com (355 words)

	Sakakawea South Shore
		Lake Sakakawea State Park will give you the chance to see the vast expanses of water created by the Garrison Dam located near Pick City.
		Lake Sakakawea is the focus of many recreational activities from sailing to big fishing tournaments.
		You will leave Sakakawea South Shore with memories of a land few people get to enjoy.
	www.sakakaweasouthshore.com /About_Us.htm (1070 words)

	North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea State Park
		Located on the south shore of Lake Sakakawea, adjacent to Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea State Park offers a wide range of water based recreational activities and facilities.
		History—The park and lake are named in honor of Sakakawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery on their journey to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean.
		North Country National Scenic Trail—Lake Sakakawea State Park is the terminus of the North Country National Scenic Trail and has a certified, 1.3-mile segment of the trail within its boundaries.
	www.ndparks.com /Parks/LSSP.htm (443 words)

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