We don’t know how she looked, and little about her origins. For many years the date, place, and circumstances of her death were a mystery. We can’t even decide how to spell her name. Some spell it with a j, some with a g, and some with a k. Yet she is probably one of the first heroines American children read about in their history books, one of the most prominent but least-known women in American history – Sacajawea, the Bird Woman.

AOWM – December 20