In 2014, I went to Santa Fe, NM, for a few months for the Sacajawea project. Staying with my daughter's family along the Pecos River, I became aware of this mystical, spiritual place. There was just something vibrational that touched my soul. I really couldn't understand completely, but it was in the landscapes, the hills …
Sacajawea, The Windcatcher at “The Women’s Table”
My name is Tina de Keyzer-van Bruggen and this is The Women’s Table. In 1800 Sacajawea a young girl from the Shoshoni tribe in the US was taken from her family and her people by the Hidatsa warriors. In 1803 she was traded for a gun to Toussaint Charbonneau to be his woman. In 1805 …
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Train Up a Child
“Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of the little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.” ~ Black Elk Thoughts from the Story of Sacajawea -- It is February 11, 1805. The biting wind rattles the shutters of the room at Fort Mandan. Outside, a …
Be Peace
From Sacajawea, The Windcatcher – It is June, 1805, along the Missouri River. Sacajawea’s fever is broken after being deathly sick. She sits on a rock in the shallows of the river, cleansing herself, braiding her hair and preparing her face in the tradition of her people. At the edge of the trees, Captain Clark …
We Ride the Wind
We are on an amazing exploration – a journey to finally give credit to a brave woman. Like the Lewis and Clark Expedition, it is a literal Journey of Discovery... But it can also be described metaphorically with its harrowing ups and downs. The snow-capped mountain peaks and deep, narrow valleys - the dangerous and …
Let Us Shift toward Greatness
A brief moment of history had a powerful effect on a New Age, as a group of individuals, the Corps of Discovery, successfully accomplished something together despite their differences. They were soldiers and traders with diverse backgrounds, a black slave who was virtually free on the trek, and a brave, strong warrior woman who endured …
Higher Ground
Boinair (Sacajawea) faced many hardships in her life. Though we have spoken of them before in this blog, we want to look at her life in a different way. It is 1800, in the early morning hours of a dark, sad day. Boinair has been stolen away from those she loves. When she awakens, she …
Let us each be a Symbol of Peace for the world.
The spelling (and meaning) of Sacajawea’s name is controversial. In honoring her Shoshoni people, we have written her name with a “j” in the screenplay SACAJAWEA, The Windcatcher – for it is her story through her eyes. Historians record through the Lewis & Clark journals and some Hidatsa people, that the correct spelling is with …
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Giving Credit to a Great Team!
Broken Hand Productions is honored to be producing the teaser reel for the epic feature film, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher. This teaser, "The Shell," would not have happened without the commitment from a visionary investor and the film's production team. These people have a passion for Sacajawea and for giving life to her story! Blaine C. …
The Shell
SACAJAWEA UPDATE! February 8th, 2019, we are off to the Great Water to produce our first emotional and epic teaser reel, “The Shell.” Our journey will take us to the Oregon coastline where wind, rain and snow are in the forecast! Indeed, we are embarking on a true adventure! "The Shell," is a powerful and …
Sacajawea The Movie 