About this episode

The episode explores Lewis and Clark's expedition through the perspective of Sacagawea, highlighting her central role.

Lewis and Clark's expedition is a foundational story of America and Sacagawea was more central to it than is remembered. We hear this incredible tale through Sacagawea's eyes with our guest Dr Margaret Huettl, from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Hannah Feodorov and Tomos Delargy. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   All music from Epidemic Sounds. American History Hit is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Margaret Huettl

Topics covered

• Lewis and Clark
• Sacagawea
• American history
• expedition
• exploration

Keywords

• Lewis and Clark
• Sacagawea
• expedition
• American history
• exploration
• University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, History Hit

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