''Sakakawea'' (or ''Bird Woman'' or ''Sacajawea'') is a monumental sized

bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...

created by

Leonard Crunelle Leonard Crunelle (8 July 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais – 10 September 1944 in Chicago) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children. Crunelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a ...

. It was dedicated on October 13, 1914 and stands on the grounds of the

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. A recasting was done in 2003 to place in the

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Description

The statue is a full length figure of

Sakakawea Sacagawea ( or ; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May – December 20, 1812)Sacagawea
." Jean Baptiste Charbonneau Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (February 11, 1805 – May 16, 1866), sometimes known in childhood as Pompey or Little Pomp, was an American explorer, guide, Animal trapping, fur trapper, trader, military scout during the Mexican–American War, ''alcal ...

, on her back. It carries the inscription: :SAKAKAWEA / THE SHOSHONE INDIAN "BIRDWOMAN" WHO IN 1805 GUIDED THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION / FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER TO THE YELLOWSTONE / ERECTED BY THE FEDERATED CLUBWOMEN AND SCHOOLCHILDREN OF NORTH DAKOTA / PRESENTED TO THE STATE OCTOBER 1910. Crunelle used an

Hidatsa The Hidatsa ( ) are a Siouan people. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. Their language is related to that of the Crow, and they are sometimes considered a pa ...

woman, Mink Woman, as his model for the 12 foot tall statue that stands on a large rock on the east side of the capitol grounds. The statue was funded in part by the North Dakota federation of Women's Clubs.

National Statuary Hall Collection

Another casting of the work was made in 2003 and was placed in the

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in the Capitol Building in

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, one of the two statues there from North Dakota. Flickr - USCapitol - Sakakawea Statue.jpg, The statue in the

Photo_of_Native_American_&_Sakakawea_statue.jpg, Native woman with statue, Washington, D.C.

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National Statuary Hall Collection

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