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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;adelv_unegv, post: 200837, member: 7247&quot;]Apparently, yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sakakawea</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nd.gov/hist/Sakakawea.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nd.gov/hist/Sakakawea.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.nd.gov/hist/Sakakawea.htm</a></p><p>&quot;. . . &quot;Bird Woman,&quot; should be spelled &quot;Tsakakawias&quot; according to the foremost Hidatsa language authority, Dr. Washington Matthews. When this name is anglicized for easy pronunciation, it becomes Sakakawea, &quot;Sakaka&quot; meaning &quot;bird&quot; and &quot;wea&quot; meaning &quot;woman.&quot; This is the spelling adopted by North Dakota. The spelling authorized for the use of Federal agencies by the United States Geographic Board is Sacagawea. Although not closely following Hidatsa spelling, the pronunciation is quite similar and the Geographic Board acknowledged the name to be a Hidatsa word meaning &quot;Bird Woman.&quot; The spelling adopted by Wyoming and several western states has been &quot;Sacajawea.&quot; This is a Shoshone word meaning &quot;Boat Launcher&quot; and while it has been widely used there is no historical justification for it. The use of this name merely perpetuates an unexplained spelling used by the editor of the Biddle text of the Lewis and Clark journals. It does not occur in the Original Journals.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea</a></p><p>has plenty of controversy on the &quot;correct&quot; version of her name -- and it&#039;s meaning(s).&nbsp; With Sacagawea, Sakakawea, and Sacajawea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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