Sacagawea Research Paper

Sacagawea, with her infant son, became the only woman in the small band of about 40 or so men. As they approached more and more west, many Natives had never seen white men before and were ready to protect their land. Lewis was sure the presence of a young woman and a baby would be an obvious sign their purpose was peaceful (Armstrong 65). Over the course of the journey, Sacagawea identifyed many edible berries and roots, which were used as medicine as well. Also, she mented clothes and nursed the sick and injured (Moulton 7).

The light shine down and the music surrounds her as she dance into the air and across the stage. The audience yells and clap for her as the curtain close. It’s the end of another work week for Jane Onwuegbuchu. Jane comes from a very huge family of 8, where it’s very hard for her to be at the center of attention, especially being the 5th child. Jane was born in Houston, Texas on June 22, 1987 to Rosaline and James Onwuegbuchu. She started dancing at the young age of 3 with Elite dancers and fell in love with dancing since then. “Growing up as a child, Jane was a very good child, she loved dancing and just seeing her dance melt my heart. She was a part of a lot of dance organization, church, youth dance team etc… You name it and she was there,”

Meriwether Lewis, an adventures, courageous, and outgoing man. He was an explorer who is most known for exploring the western part of America, after the Louisiana purchase. This report is going to be about Meriwether Lewis and the amazing things he did in his lifetime, from walking around 2,500 miles to killing a bear.

Sacagawea was one of the two native Americans that went on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Sacagawea was 16 when she went on the expedition. She was only 20 when she died so she didn’t live that long. Imagine how early that would be today! Sacagawea has many nicknames such as Jamie and Julia. Sacagawea was kidnapped at age twelve by the Hidatsa Indians along with some other women, she must have been very scared. On the trip she had a son named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau when she was 16, he was born on February 11 in 1805. Lewis helped with the delivery of Jean. One way that this affected the trip is it shows that the travelers came in peace. Jean was like a big sign that said: We don’t want to fight! Sacagawea’s husband is Toussaint Charbonneau.

Meriwether Lewis was one of the travelers that were given the mission of traveling from the colonies to the Pacific Ocean, "The Mission of Discovery". After Lewis got back from the expedition, he was assigned the role of Governor of The upper half of the Louisiana Purchase. When he was appointed to this position, he didn’t instantly go to do the job though. Actually he spent about half a year trying to publish the notes he wrote down during the Mission of Discovery. That didn 't work out though because of financial funds. So Lewis came back to Washington D.C. and got ready to go to his part of the Louisiana territory. But on the way there he stopped at an inn called

Thomas Jefferson decided to send men out to explore the new land we owned. He choose his trusted friend, Meriwether Lewis to get a team together. Lewis chose William Clark to help lead the expedition. They organized a crew and gathered supplies to start of their expedition to St.Louis Missouri. While traveling on the Missouri River they found several Indian tribes. In one they met a girl named Sacagawea. She explained to Lewis and Clark, when she was young she was kidnapped and forced to be with a man. She ended up becoming pregnant with his child. They realized she new the woods and could help them travel. She became their guide, transport, and a way to find food. She was reunited with her old tribe along the way through the expedition. She got them horses from her brother Shone for the Americans to finish the rest of their expedition. Once they out passed the Columbia River and down the Rocky Mountains they were on their way home through the Pacific

Meriwether Lewis was a very famous man in history and will all ways be remembered for his courageous things he did in his life. And the expeditions that he and Clark went on as a team. Meriwether Lewis is still one of the most famous men in the world because no one knows what really happened to him. Historians will never be happy until the truth is uncovered and the whole world knows what really happen to one of the world’s greatest men that ever lived.

She served as an interpreter, a guide, and a peace-keeper. When speaking and negotiating with Sashone-speaking Indians, Sacagawea would translate the Sashone to Hidatsa, and then Charbonneau would translate the Hidatsa into French, and then a party member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition would translate the French into English, and vice versa for any responses. It was a lengthy process, but effective enough. Sacagawea also “revealed to Lewis and Clark important passageways through the wilderness. She provided the group with valuable information about edible plants and her mere presence along with her infant son indicated to the Native Americans they met that the expedition was a peaceful one. She was also responsible for housekeeping and food preparation” (A.I.R.C.). Sacagawea was also known to stand steady in the face of pressure during the expedition. Early in their journey, the boats were capsized, and while Charbonneau panicked, it was Sacagawea who saved the day. Lewis himself wrote in his journal, “The Indian woman, to whom I ascribe equal fortitude and resolution, with any person onboard at the time of the accedent, caught and preserved most of the light articles which were washed overboard"

Much of Sacagawea’s life is a mystery . Around the age of twelve,Sacagawea was captured by the Hidasta Indians , an enemy of the Shoshone tribe. She was then bought from a French-Canadian trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau who made her one of his wives .Sacagawea and her husband lived among the Hidasta and Mandan Indians in the upper Missouri River.

The Expedition: In 1803 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their journey to explore the unknown west. Since it was America’s first time exploring the west, and never seeing the new land. There were many new plants, animals, Indian tribes, and new land. The expedition helped the Americans settle and move westward with the new land that was ours. The Lewis and Clark expedition finally ended

The Lewis and Clark expedition was the brave and risky expedition into the uncharted west, that nobody thought would make it to the Pacific Ocean and back to Washington D.C. alive. The journey to the West is a story that is for everybody, there’s science, Native Americans, and most of all, adventure (Nebraska Studies). This expedition has changed The United States of America forever, but many people do not know why. The Lewis and Clark Expedition changed America for many different reasons.

Have you ever wondered what the Corps of Discovery expedition was like? I set out to discover the true story from Sacagawea herself. I found out that during the expedition, Sacagawea an invaluable linguist which was an imperative for trading, she even saved the supplies and maps, she reunited with her brother, and did all this while caring for her infant, Jean Baptiste, who was just 2 months old when they left.

Modernization is the act of disseminating modern culture throughout different places in the world, therefore colonization, for the purpose of this essay, is considered a type of modernization that was occuring about 100 years ago. Modernization applies to all kinds of societies, as all societies are slowly becoming more and more modern due to all of the new technology being introduced. This technology includes but is not limited to advances in medicine, quicker and safer ways of travel, and advances in computer science and engineering. Although modernization can yield benefits such as the ones stated above, in the case of the Maasai, modernization affects them in a harmful way because modernization causes population decline, loss of land and lifestyle, and their loss of tradition.

The Maasai believe in one God whom they call Ngai and Ngai is the creator of all things. As Ngai created the world he split existence into the earth and the sky. Initially, all the cattle were in the sky with Ngai, but could not remain up there because the cows needed grass for survival. Therefore, Nagai sent the cattle to the Maasai through a rope created by a root from a fig tree. The Maasai were chosen as the protectors and gaurdians of cattle and were the first persons to receive all the cattle currently in the world (Issitt 307). According to Maasai, Dorobo, a warrior from another ethnic group cut the rope out of anger that his people did not receive any cattle from God and this produced a separation between sky and earth and stopped

The Maasai are a very interesting tribe with extremely old traditions that you would never imagine. They are one of the oldest tribes in Africa. They also keep the same old rituals and customs (Wikipedia). Their culture is also still the same, like stretching their earlobes or drinking some of their cattle’s blood. Their religion is very interesting, they believe in one god called Enki that supposedly gave them the cattle and created them (Wikipedia). They also believe that they are the center of the world and that they’re God’s chosen people. According to them, Enkai created three groups of people. These include the Torrobo who are a hunting and gathering people who are pretty short to