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Sacagawea is one of the most renowned figures of the American West. A member of the Shoshone tribe, she was captured by the Hidatsas as a child and eventually became one of the wives of a French fur trader, Toussaint Charbonneau. In 1805 Charbonneau joined Lewis and Clark as the expedition's interpreter. Sacagawea was the only woman to participate in this important mission, and some claim that she served as a guide when the expedition reached the upper Missouri River and the mountainous region. Although much has been written about the historical importance of Sacagawea in connection with the expedition, no one has explored why her story has endured so successfully in Euro American culture. In an examination of representative texts (including histories, works of fiction, plays, films, and the visual arts) from 1805 to the present. Kessler charts the evolution and transformation of the legend over two centuries and demonstrates that Sacagawea has persisted as a Euro-American legend because her story exemplified critical elements of America's foundation myths - especially the concept of manifest destiny. Kessler also shows how the Sacagawea legend was flexible within its mythic framework and was used to address cultural issues specific to different time periods, including suffrage for women, taboos against miscegenation, and modern feminism. In concluding, Kessler summarizes the history of Sacagawea narratives and provides useful connections to other Native American works. This study attests that the Sacagawea legend illustrated and reinforced Euro-American frontier myths while it simultaneously allowed a populace to test and comment on critical, timely concepts unfolding within a dynamic society.

Shoshoni women. --- Shoshoni women --- Shoshoni Indians --- Women, Shoshoni --- Women --- Sacagawea. --- Sacagawea --- Bird Woman --- Charbonneau, Toussaint, --- Sacajawea --- Sakakawea

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Writings by American Indians from the early twentieth century or earlier are rare. Willie Ottogary's letters have the distinction of being firsthand reports of an Indian community's ongoing social life by a community member and leader. The Northwestern Shoshone residing at the Washakie colony in northern Utah descended from survivors of the Bear River Massacre. Most had converted to the Mormon Church and remained in northern Utah rather than moving to a federal Indian reservation. For over twenty years, local newspapers in Utah and southern Idaho regularly published letters from Ottoga

Indian journalists -- Utah -- Washakie Indian Reservation -- Biography. --- Ottogary, Willie -- Correspondence. --- Shoshoni Indians -- Utah -- Washakie Indian Reservation -- Biography. --- Shoshoni Indians -- Utah -- Washakie Indian Reservation -- Social conditions. --- Washakie Indian Reservation (Utah) -- History. --- Shoshoni Indians --- Indian journalists --- Social conditions. --- Ottogary, Willie --- Washakie Indian Reservation (Utah) --- History. --- Shoshone Indians --- Snake Indians --- Journalists, Indian --- Indians of North America --- Numic Indians --- Shoshonean Indians --- Journalists

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This compilation of Dale Morgan's historical work on Indians in the Intermountain West focuses primarily on the Shoshone who lived near the Oregon and California trails. Three connected works by Morgan are included: First is his classic article on the history of the Utah Superintendency of Indian Affairs. This is followed by a previously unpublished history of early relations among the Western Shoshoni, emigrants, and the government along the California Trail. The book concludes with an important set of government reports and correspondence from the National Archives concerning the Eastern Shoshone and their leader Washakie. Morgan heavily annotated these for serial publication in the Annals of Wyoming. He also wrote a previously unpublished history of early relations among the Western Shoshone, emigrants, and the government along the California Trail. Morgan biographer Richard L. Saunders introduces, edits, and further annotates this collection. His introduction includes an intellectual biography of Morgan that focuses on the place of the anthologized pieces in Morgan's corpus. Gregory E. Smoak, a leading historian of the Shoshone, contributes an ethnohistorical essay as additional context for Morgan's work.

California National Historic Trail. --- Mormon Church - History. --- Mormon Church -- History. --- Oregon National Historic Trail. --- Overland journeys to the Pacific. --- Shoshoni Indians - Government relations. --- Shoshoni Indians -- Government relations. --- Shoshoni Indians - History. --- Shoshoni Indians -- History. --- Shoshoni Indians - Social conditions. --- Shoshoni Indians -- Social conditions. --- United States - History. --- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Utah Superintendency -- History. --- Shoshoni Indians --- Mormon Church --- Overland journeys to the Pacific --- Transcontinental journeys (United States) --- Shoshone Indians --- Snake Indians --- Utah Superintendency (United States. Office of Indian Affairs) --- California Trail --- Oregon Trail --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Government relations. --- United States. --- Travels --- Frontier and pioneer life --- Voyages and travels --- Indians of North America --- Numic Indians --- Shoshonean Indians --- Saint Joe Road --- Overland Trails --- Latter Day Saint churches --- Mormonism --- Christian sects

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This collection presents written texts of songs in Shoshoni and English, with both figurative and literal translations, and is packaged with a CD containing performances of the songs by Earl and Beverly Crum. The songs fall into several categories based on the contexts of their performances, such as dance songs, medicine songs, and handgame songs. The texts are framed with an introduction and commentary discussing the cultural background, meaning, forms, and performance contexts of the songs; Shoshoni language; and methodology. Glossaries of Shoshoni terms are appended. As the first major

Shoshoni poetry --- Shoshoni Indians --- Folk songs, Shoshoni. --- History and criticism. --- Shoshoni folk songs --- Shoshone Indians --- Snake Indians --- Songs and music. --- Indians of North America --- Numic Indians --- Shoshonean Indians --- Shoshoni literature

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Explores how a pivotal event in U.S. history--the killing of nearly 300 Shoshoni men, women, and children in 1863--has been contested, forgotten, and remembered.

Shoshoni Indians --- Bear River Massacre, Idaho, 1863. --- Indians of North America --- Bear River, Battle of, Idaho, 1863 --- Bear River Massacre, Utah, 1863 --- Bia Ogoi Massacre, Idaho, 1863 --- Massacres --- Wars, 1863-1865. --- Wars --- Wars, 1863-1865 --- Connor, P. E. --- Connor, P. Edward, --- Connor, Patrick Edward, --- O'Connor, Patrick Edward,