PIONEERS
"History tells us that pioneers settled the American West. But history also tells us that people as diverse as John Glenn, Rosa Parks, and Christian Barnard are pioneers, too. So what, exactly, is a pioneer? According to one dictionary, a pioneer is someone who helps open up a new area of research or gives opportunities to others. So John Glenn would qualify as a U.S. space pioneer by being the. . . "

LEWIS & CLARK
"On March 4, 1801, a tall, red-headed Virginian named Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as the third president of a very young United States of America. The country was small - tiny, compared to its present size. Americans knew that a great expanse of land lay west of the Mississippi River. They knew Indians lived there; some white trappers had ventured into it, but no one had any real idea what was. . . "

NATIVE AMERICA
"Long ago, America was their land. For thousands of years, the only inhabitants of the continent were Native Americans. They were descendants of Asians who crossed a land bridge to the northernmost part of America and eventually spread south. Then, beginning in 1492, Europeans arrived in America. Over the centuries, as a result of wars, policies, and diseases introduced by the newcomers, the Native. . . "

SOUTHWEST PEOPLES
"With flat-topped mesas, steep canyons, towering buttes (be-yoots), and scorching deserts, the American Southwest is spectacular to behold. But the land also provides enormous challenges to people living there. For many years, though, Native Americans of the Southwest have lived in harmony with the land. They cherish it and use its resources wisely. Over thousands of years, these people evolved from. . . "

PLAINS INDIANS
"Imagine a time before cities, railroads, highways, and automobiles. Imagine a time when the vast grasslands of America's Great Plains rolled on for thousands of miles with nothing to disturb them but the hooves of buffalo, deer, antelope, and elk. Onto the Great Plains, thousands of years ago, walked small bands of hunters. Over time, their numbers grew. Different groups developed into different. . . "

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

• Who Was Sacagawea? (Who Was...?). By Dennis Brindell Fradin, Judith Bloom Fradin, Grosset & Dunlap, 2002.
• Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea. By Diane Glancy, Overlook Press, 2003.
• Sacagawea (Carter G Woodson Award Book (Awards)). By Liselotte Erdrich, Carolrhoda Books, 2003.
• On the Trail of Sacagawea (Lewis & Clark Expedition). By Peter Lourie, Boyds Mills Press, 2001.

ADULT BOOKS

• Sacagawea Speaks: Beyond the Shining Mountains with Lewis and Clark. By Joyce Badgley Hunsaker, Falcon, 2001.
• Sacagawea: Guide and Interpreter of Lewis and Clark. By Grace Raymond Hebard, Dover Publications, 2002.
• Sacagawea (Watts Library). By Stacy DeKeyser, Franklin Watts, 2004.

WEBSITES

• US Mint: About the Sacagawea Gold Dollar: www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/golden_dollar_coin/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=about_sacagawea
• National Park Service - Sacagawea's Involvement in Corps of Discovery: www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/TheOthers/Civilians/Sacagawea.htm

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

• Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail:
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/sitelist.htm