Also called Sacajawea : Chief Woman's stolen identity / Thomas H. Johnson ; with Helen S. Johnson.

Author
Johnson, Thomas Hoevet, 1943- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Long Grove, IL : Waveland Press, Inc., [2008]
  • ©2008
Description
x, 124 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

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    "Anthropologist Tom Johnson, a long-time fieldworker among the Eastern Shoshone Indians, unfolds a captivating story of mistaken identity, manipulated facts, and disputed legend involving Sacajawea, the young Shoshone who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition. For over a hundred years, many have believed Sacajawea rejoined her people at Wind River where she died and was buried in 1884. Conclusive evidence surfaced in the 1950s that the woman in that grave was not Sacajawea. Through his careful unraveling of Shoshone oral tradition, bolstered by the discovery of a key historical document, Johnson strips away decades of cover-up to reveal the Wind River Sacajawea's true identity without discrediting Shoshone history and values. The reader is invited onto a contemporary reservation to share in conversations with Native people who have a stake in both perpetuating and disputing the legend of Sacajawea. Also Called Sacajawea touches upon a universal ethnohistorical theme: the elevation of oral tradition to honor the beliefs about ancestors. It also illuminates how the dominant culture imposes its values and attitudes on Native people."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-113).
    Contents
    • Here lies Sacajawea
    • Mistaken identity
    • How one family became another
    • Reservation and town
    • The search for proof you can see and touch
    • Radio waves over the grave
    • A big mouth and a pink Chevrolet
    • The clue in the Sun Dance
    • Paraivo, Chief Woman
    • Graven in stone
    • Honoring Sacajawea?
    Other title(s)
    Chief Woman's stolen identity
    ISBN
    • 9781577665342
    • 1577665341
    LCCN
    2008295393
    OCLC
    166389881
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