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First thing first. My hero is Sacagawea (Saca-ga-we-a). I put that there because many people don’t know how to pronounce her name. She was almost like a mystery because of us not knowing not so much about her. She was born in 1788, in the Lemhi Shoshone tribe. Sacagawea was a native american and was kidnaped at around the age of 12. In her early years Sacagawea got to play games and learn about things she will be doing once she gets older. Sacagawea’s father was the head or leader of the Shoshone tribe. By the age 13 or 14 she would have married a fellow Shoshone but never did because one thing happened that changed her life for forever. That one thing was being kidnapped by Hidatsa warriors. On February 11, 1805, Sacagawea went

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