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 Also Called Sacajawea Chief Woman's Stolen Identity Thomas H. Johnson with Helen S. Johnson
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 Through his careful unraveling of Shoshone oral tradition, bolstered by the discovery of a key historical document, Johnson strips away decades of cover-up to reveal the Wind River Sacajawea’s true identity without discrediting Shoshone history and values.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. $13.95 list, 124 pages 10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-534-1 13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-534-2 © 2008 includes self-contained student study guide
Table of Contents
1. Here Lies Sacajawea 2. Mistaken Identity 3. How One Family Became Another 4. Reservation and Town 5. The Search for Proof You Can See and Touch 6. Radio Waves over the Grave 7. A Big Mouth and a Pink Chevrolet 8. The Clue in the Sun Dance 9. Paraivo, Chief Woman 10. Graven in Stone 11. Honoring Sacajawea? Appendix A: The Wind River Sacajawea Who's Who Appendix B: Sacagawea + Paraivo = The Fictitious Wind River Sacajawea Appendix C: The Elements of a Myth
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