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 Respects the Elders
Scene from Sacajawea, The Windcatcher After a harrowing trek, near-starvation and dangerous conditions, the explorers finally make it across the treacherous mountains led by Old Toby, the Shoshoni guide. Their clothes are rotting off their backs - their moccasins worn through, and the lack of food and water has made them weak and vulnerable. But then, …
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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Stoke the Fire
When Sacajawea was a little girl, she was kidnapped, abused and heartsick. She had to live with people she didn’t know. Yet the Great Spirit was showing her something, for her heart was known… What Sacajawea felt and saw, and what she chose to do helped her become the person she needed to be. For …
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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Indigenous actor, Jhane Myers, cast as “Otter Woman” in Sacajawea, The Windcatcher
The producers of Sacajawea, The Windcatcher an international feature film project about the life of Sacajawea, are proud to welcome Jhane Myers award-winning producer and actor for the character of “Otter Woman." Jhane (Comanche/ Blackfeet) has garnered awards as a filmmaker, producer, actor, Native adviser and an artist of traditional jewelry and regalia. She was …
Life is a journal full of discovery!
Journals help us remember experiences, hopes and dreams that form and shape us. For Ages, journaling has been a part of most cultures and traditions. In 1805-06, words written into journals chronicled the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which gave us a unique understanding of what happened on that journey. As Sacajawea traveled with the Corps …
Leo T. Ariwite, Sacajawea Descendant, Joins the Sacajawea Film as Associate Producer
Captain William Clark wrote this to Sacajawea’s husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, in 1806:“[Y]our woman who accompanied you that long dangerous and fatigueing rout to the Pacific Ocian and back diserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that rout than we had in our power to give her...” People of America, we have in …
York and Sacajawea
Sacajawea, The Windcatcher, gives us a look at injustice in the early 1800s. Though we have come a distance with racial and gender issues in our country, we have a greater distance to travel. Our storyline presents an awareness we all need to embrace as free human beings.While this film is Sacajawea’s story, there is another character whose life experience, and …
Sacajawea The Movie 