Person:Sacajawea Sauvagesse (1)

Name	Sacajawea Sauvagesse
Gender	Female
Birth`^?`	1787	Lemhi Valley, Idaho
Marriage	1803	Five River Villiages, North Dakotato Touissaint Charbonneau
Marriage	1821	to Jerk Meat
Death`^?`	9 Apr 1884	Wind River, Wyoming
Burial`^?`	Apr 1884	Wind River, Wyoming
Reference Number`^?`		Q238960^?

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Sacagawea ( or ; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May – December 20, 1812 or April 9, 1884) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American people and contributing to the expedition's knowledge of natural history in different regions.

The National American Woman Suffrage Association of the early 20th century adopted her as a symbol of women's worth and independence, erecting several statues and plaques in her memory, and doing much to recount her accomplishments.

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Conflict on Date of Death

Advisory: the Wikipedia page for Sacajawea' indicates that Sacajawea died in 1812 (at age 24), but in a long-debated controversy, there are others that believe she died in 1884.

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