Original Oils
Sacajewea at Home
Sacajawea
(Burden Bearer)
Her given name was evidently not pronounceable by the tribe who kidnaped her and therefore it was pronounced differently and accordingly had a different meaning, i.e., "Bird Woman". The pronunciation, as written in the journals, was "Sah-cah-gar-we-ah".
The model for the painting is the fourth generation niece of Sacajawea. She modeled in an authentic buckskin dress common to the period of the time of her great aunt. The dress was made by her mother who is a speaker and teacher about the language and the ways of her nation, the Lemhi Shoshone.
The newly established 'Sacajawea Interpretive Center' has been a main source of contacts and information concerning Sacajawea and her part in the Corp of Discovery. It is located in Salmon, Idaho, Sacajawea's birth place. The background landscape of the painting is located at the site of the Interpretive Center.
image size 12" x 17"
Currently on consignment at The Art Gallery
Her given name was evidently not pronounceable by the tribe who kidnaped her and therefore it was pronounced differently and accordingly had a different meaning, i.e., "Bird Woman". The pronunciation, as written in the journals, was "Sah-cah-gar-we-ah".
The model for the painting is the fourth generation niece of Sacajawea. She modeled in an authentic buckskin dress common to the period of the time of her great aunt. The dress was made by her mother who is a speaker and teacher about the language and the ways of her nation, the Lemhi Shoshone.
The newly established 'Sacajawea Interpretive Center' has been a main source of contacts and information concerning Sacajawea and her part in the Corp of Discovery. It is located in Salmon, Idaho, Sacajawea's birth place. The background landscape of the painting is located at the site of the Interpretive Center.
image size 12" x 17"
Currently on consignment at The Art Gallery
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