Sacagawea honored as Lewis and Clark Expedition's
Native American valuable guide and interpreter.
Posted on 05/05/2025 10:06:55 PM PDT by xxqqzz
A Lewis and Clark statue featuring Sacagawea (also spelled Sacajawea), a famous Native American woman, was taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, making it the third statue to be taken down in the city.
The statue is of two White men – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark – and Sacagawea, who was depicted tracking, according to historians. Those against the statue have said Sacagawea appears to be cowering, according to The Daily Progress newspaper.
“It was a very offensive statue, and not only did it delineate me as a Native American, it delineated our women and their role in society,” said Rose Abrahamson, a Native American woman, in a video obtained by CNN affiliate WVIR-TV of a Charlottesville City Council emergency meeting.
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Police look on as the statue of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea is removed from Charlottesville, Virginia on July 10, 2021. Police look on as the statue of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea is removed from Charlottesville, Virginia on July 10, 2021. RYAN M. KELLY/AFP/Getty Images The emergency meeting, held Saturday, resulted in a unanimous vote to remove the statue, according to a tweet from the city. The statue was promptly removed following the removal of Confederate statues featuring Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.
In video of the statue’s removal, crowds are seen cheering as the bronze sculpture was hoisted off the base and loaded onto a flatbed truck.
The idea to create the Lewis-Clark-Sacagawea statue began in 1912, when “pleas from prominent citizens” led University of Virginia donor Paul Goodloe McIntire to fund the creation of the statue. Charles Keck sculpted the statue, which was given to Charlottesville in 1919, according to the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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They might have thought a lot of her...but she was only on the expedition to accompany her husband.
The word you are looking for is "denigrate." Where is the editor's box of sics?
Display of banned books: bold, freedom-loving.
Display of banned statues: racist, regressive, insensitive.
Two enlisted soldiers were court martialed and took an ass whipping for drinking all of the whiskey. I recommend “Undaunted Courage.” Often not mentioned: a company of soldiers, York (Clark’s save)), and Caroneau(Sacagea’s incompetent husband) were also members of the “Voyage of Discovery.” The expedition was incredibly well planned and provisioned.In many ways it could be thought of the equivalent of space exploration for its time.
Sacagawea honored as Lewis and Clark Expedition's
Native American valuable guide and interpreter.
Most of those dollar coins wound up in desk drawers and dressers or never left bank teller drawers. Same with the dollar coins with a 19th Century feminist (was it Elizabeth Cady Stanton?) on them.
All that said, I don’t like the crouching, subordinate pose of Sacajawea.
Doesn’t mean it should be banned.
No criticisms of Sacajawea as a sell-out, a bellwether, Uncle Tom, complicit in the dispossession of the Native People? Or was she an unconsenting victim, exploited and unaware of future conquest?
Has she complained about Pow Wow Chow?
The statue works better on its plinth as you showed, and the artist designed, than at eye level. Sacajawea’s face is turned to us, she humanizes the heroism.
i love Rastus on the Cream of Wheat box. I also love the old advertisements where he talked about vitamins
Nothing to see here; just Marxists erasing history and whining while they do it.
The statue works better on its plinth as the artist designed, than at
eye level. Sacajawea’s face is turned to us, she humanizes the heroism.
She plays an important role which is why she..... and
nobody else...... was included in the historic commemoration.
Ya beat me to it.
Churchill Downs, located in Louisville, Kentucky, opened in 1875 and is famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby, the longest continuously held sporting event in the U.S. The racetrack was founded by Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., who was inspired by horse racing events he witnessed in Europe.
“It was a very offensive statue, and not only did it delineate me as a Native American, it delineated our women and their role in society,”
Ugh….squaw heap big snowflake.
Disgusting.
For many years, there was a Jack Jouett Middle Scool in Charlottesville. It recognized the Albemarle County native who risked his life to warn then Governor Thomas Jefferson of an imminent British surprise attack into Charlottesville, intended to capture him. Unfortunately, Charlottesville (or Albemarle County) renamed the school at about the same time Lewis and Clark got their walking papers.
One would think that the top tier, lefty Lewis & Clark Law School, would churn out injunctions.
If you haven’t heard Tommy Emmanuel’s song, “Lewis and Clark” click on the link, click play, close your eyes, and be there with those brave and courageous men as they explore the unknown wilderness, something those tearing down statues will never know.
https://youtu.be/Y1pS_6hErDA?si=6hB1gk7QPWMmc40A
I am far too delineated to go on with the rest of my day
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