Annotated timeline for Native Americans

  • 1492

    1492

    1492
    Christopher Columbus lands on Caribbean Island after three months. Once he met the Native Americans, he gave them the name of “Indians”. The first day he was there, he ordered six of them to be his servants.
  • 1788

    1788
    Sacajawea is Born
  • November 2 1804

    November 2 1804
    Sacajawea meetsLewis and Clark while 6 months pregnant. The two explorers value her as a translator
  • April 7 1805

    April 7 1805
    Sacajawea, Charbonneau (her husband), and her baby boy join Lewis and Clark on their voyage/expedition.