She helped to Lewis and Clark during the expedition as a travel guide and as a translator because she knew the language of the Shoshone tribe and the geography of that side of the country. Thanks to her help the North American explorers could make the first expedition accross the United States from the east side to the Pacific coast.
In my opinion, Sakajawea was not a hero even if she was an important contributor to the Lewis and Clark cause. What she did maybe another Indian person could have done it, but she was the chosen one to do it, though.
In my opinion, Sakajawea was not a hero even if she was an important contributor to the Lewis and Clark cause. What she did maybe another Indian person could have done it, but she was the chosen one to do it, though.
Well, I had to write about Lewis and Clark, and I concluded the same thing, they can't be considered as heroes. As you said, and as I also wrote on my blog, their labour was important, but not admirable enough in terms of sacrifice, they did something that any other person could have done.
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In my opinion she didn't do anything heroic, she just did something important and good guiding the expedition but it was only a valuable act, no more than that.
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Carolina