Since the onset of the Ukraine war, the author has felt a deep connection to its people. Entering the film script "Sacajawea, The Windcatcher" into a Ukrainian film festival, the author was honored to receive the award for Best Feature Script in 2025, believing this recognition highlights resilience and hope amidst suffering, not unlike Sacajawea's experiences in her life.
2025! Let’s Soar in the Light of Love
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 Wins in Switzerland
Sacajawea's life and story has a message for the entire world. Her spiritual voice has been calling through the Ages. As a young, Shoshone girl, kidnapped, enslaved, and abused, she connects to the hearts of a struggling Humanity. As we have tried for twenty years to bring worldwide awareness to this Native American woman, we …
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 …
Sacajawea ramps up for 2023!
So many of you have asked about Sacajawea, The Windcatcher, and our timeline for moving the production forward once again. I truly appreciate your devotion and understanding through the Covid three years as we focused our efforts on the development of the Moon Drake Series. It was, and is, a worthwhile endeavor and we will …
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 …
Sacajawea, The Windcatcher focuses on Native American filmmakers
Jhane MyersProducer, ActorBlackfeet Advisor This journey we travel is, without a doubt, the most amazing yet cantankerous trail we’ve ever experienced. It is a mixture of harsh reality in a literal world and a spirituality that truly blows us away at every turn. We are honored to be a part of this mosaic – and …
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Indigenous Languages Heard Around the World!
“The language of the People makes my heart soar like a hawk."~ Chief Dan George Spirit Chief says a prayer in Shoshoni for Sacajawea's journey. SACAJAWEA, The Windcatcher, gives us a unique opportunity to share with the world important languages that deserve to be protected and preserved.Many Indigenous cultural dialects depicted in the Sacajawea story, …
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Sacajawea The Movie 