Sacajawea's story transcends time, showcasing her resilience and influence from her abduction at age twelve to her role in the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Celebrated for her spirit, she resonates with people worldwide, inspiring love and connection. Her legacy continues to awaken others through art, spirituality, and purpose.
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 …
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 …
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, …
The World Awaits
Nineteen months ago, when we shot our teaser reel at Fort Stevens State Park, I walked along the sand excited and thinking about the very next steps for Sacajawea, The Windcatcher. Sacajawea had shown us many wonders that week and I knew in my soul, if we just kept walking we would reach our dream …
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 …
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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I remember my vision from when I was a young girl –
From Sacajawea, The Windcatcher - A Novel by Jane L. Fitzpatrick "I saw myself sitting on a narrow strip of land that seemed to never end, weaving along the edge of the sea. Water crashed and climbed over the sand, again and again, creeping up higher toward me. A mist hung in the sky and …
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Choices have Power
Through this time of hardship, we just have to trust that Light is at work. The choices we make NOW will affect everything that is to come. Yes, we have that much power. Please read our newest Warrior Woman blog, Our Choices Affect All. Sacajawea's life gives us a "Story from the Ages." “As we …
Sacajawea The Movie 