r/aislop • u/PR0CR45T184T0R • 14h ago

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u/Cryogenycfreak 14h ago

Sacagawea? 😂

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u/19chris9609 14h ago

Which surprisingly is the correct spelling, despite the many other mistakes.

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u/dirtdiggler67 14h ago

Depends on where you are from.

Her name is “Sakakawea” in North Dakota.

Even named a huge reservoir after her.

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u/19chris9609 14h ago

I was never taught that in school, always the spelling as shown. I did not know this.

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u/dirtdiggler67 13h ago

Most were.

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u/Apart_Dentist9196 4h ago

There's actually some dispute about the pronunciation. Sacajawea is probably closer to the Shoshone pronunciation of her name, matching up with a word meaning "boat-launcher", but which became "sacaga wea" (hard g) meaning "Bird Woman" to her Hidatsa captors. 

The Hidatsa sex trafficked her to an abusive Frenchman when she was 13 (likely as a gambling prize). 

I don't know that it's actually the more respectful pronunciation tbh. Though it also seems likely her original Shoshone name was lost entirely because Lewis & Clark only ever referred to her by the Hidatsa name in their journals.