The true story of Sacajawea - Karen Mensing
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In the early 19th century, a young Agaidika teenager named Sacajawea was enlisted by explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to aid her husband Toussaint Charbonneau as a guide to the Western United States. Karen Mensing debunks some of the myths that surround the familiar image of the heroic woman with a baby strapped to her back and a vast knowledge of the American wilderness.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Karen Mensing
- Director
- Darcy Vorhees
- Artist
- Tom Beuerlein, Marissa Hutchins, Sarah Johnson, Stephen Brooks
- Narrator
- Jim Sharpe
