“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 …
Darkness Reveals Light
Darkness revealing light is what Sacajawea’s life shows us... She was a Native American woman from 1805. She was a stolen child, an orphan, a slave - abused and forced in so many ways. Sacajawea had no voice and she saw hardship throughout her young days. She was sometimes sick and mostly sad, and her …
One Woman’s Life
Sacajawea, The Windcatcher is a journey of one woman's life, yet as watchers of Sacajawea's life, we bring her journey to ourselves. She walked, she talked, she sang, she prayed on smoke to the Great Father. She knew joy and she knew pain... indeed, she had a dream written on her heart that she could …
Hope, Faith, Belief in the Path…
Sometimes we get discouraged, we look at others who seem to be getting all the breaks of success. But, most people who reach their dreams have faced "the hard" along the way. The explorers of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were no different... As Sacajawea and the explorers canoed down the Columbia River, they were …
Power in Diversity
Scene Description from Sacajawea, The Windcatcher: As the story of Sacajawea unfolds across this harrowing trek, we get to know the characters. Their spirits and energies move together with surprising unity, despite the circumstances. They are an uncommon and diverse group considering it is 1805, when African Americans and Native Americans are treated as slaves and …
Awakening from “Lewis & Clark”
“Your woman who accompanied you [on] that long, dangerous and fatiguing route to the Pacific Ocean and back deserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that route than we had in our power to give her.” ~ Captain William Clark At a time when Indigenous women were not respected by many …
Sacajawea The Movie 