Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste

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Thomas.Dols
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Release Date
2022-07-16
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CC BY 4.0
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Designed by Alice Cooper, *Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste* is a bronze sculpture commissioned in 1905 for the Lewis and Clarke Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The sculpture depicts Sacagawea, the Lemhi Shoshone woman who served as a guide and translator for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with her son Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau. *Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste* was unveiled on July 6, 1905 and placed in the center of the exposition's plaza. Several prominent suffragists were present at the unveiling including Susan B. Anthony, Abigal Scott Duniway, and Anna Howard Shaw. On April 6, 1906 the sculpture was relocated to its current home in Portland's Washington Park.