Cassie was in such a state of peace & tranquility when we came upon this bronze statue of Sacagawea in front of the Idaho Museum of History. The area is well known for its role in history of the Lewis and Clark expedition of the transcontinental crossing of North America.
Sacagawea, best known as the essential guide and interpreter during the journey, is derived from the Hidatsa language, tsakáka wía, meaning "bird woman. She was born into an Agaidika ("Salmon Eater") tribe of Lemhi Shoshone, between Kenney Creek and Agency Creek about twenty minutes away from Hayden and Bear Trail Creeks in the city of Salmon in Lemhi County, Idaho.
She has spoken to a deep part of Cassie since she first learned of her early during her elementary school years, as a model of stregth, determination, beauty and a connection to the suffrage of the Indigenous peoples and women across the Americas.
It was an honor, as a Mother & Woman, to watch my daughter's expression & emotions as she stood gazing at the statue of this remarkable woman. She said she could almost feel her soul looking down upon her. For Cassie, Sacagawea holds the place of women, children and the struggles of our earth close at heart next to her bosom as a symbol for us all.
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