Sculpture Guide: Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste
August 18, 2015
Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste
By Glenna Goodacre
2001
Location: South side of the building / South entrance (open in summer)
Glenna Goodacre’s sculpture depicts Sacagawea with the infant Jean Baptiste on her back. Sacagawea’s husband, trapper Toussaint Charbonneau, was enlisted as Lewis and Clark’s interpreter along the journey, chosen in part because his wife spoke Shoshone.
Shown gripping her buffalo robe to her, Sacagawea looks out ahead onto the western front, her gaze tilted upwards as if surveying the landscape left to traverse.
Glenna Goodacre (b. 1939). Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste, 2001. Bronze, H 83.75 x W 42 inches. L.359.2011.2
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Nancy McClure
Nancy now does Grants & Foundations Relations for the Center of the West's Development Department, but was formerly the Content Producer for the Center's Public Relations Department, where her work included writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter Western Wire. Her current job is seeking and applying for funding from government grants and private foundations. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.
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