Sacajawea is from the Lemhi Shoshone Sacajawea — possibly bird woman (Hidatsa: tsakáka wía) — though etymology remains debated among Shoshone + Hidatsa scholars. A modern American baby name in the broader Indigenous American heritage aesthetic. Sacajawea (c. 1788-1812) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who became the foundational interpreter + guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Corps of Discovery, 1804-1806) — widely considered one of the foundational figures of American exploration history. Foundational role in establishing peaceful relations with Indigenous tribes during the expedition + carrying her newborn son Jean Baptiste (born February 1805) throughout the foundational ~8,000-mile journey from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean. Featured on the foundational U.S. Sacagawea dollar coin (2000-present) + the foundational only woman + only Indigenous person on a U.S. circulating coin.
Featured throughout Indigenous American heritage.
Sacajawea reduces to nine.