In 1978 Congress established the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail as part of the national trail system (NTS) as one of four original national historic trails. Today, the trail is approximately 4,900 miles in length connecting Pennsylvania to Oregon, following the historic outbound and inbound routes of the Lewis and Clark Expedition through 16 states. The National Park Service is now seeking proposals from contractors to provide Research and Interpretation Services for the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The work will include analysing oral histories, documents and academic articles.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: Sacagawea Research & Interpretive Guide, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Notice ID: 140P6023Q0033. Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Original). Request for Quotation (RFQ). Original Set Aside: Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program Set-Aside (FAR 19.15).
Description: Sacagawea is one of the most easily recognized and commonly misremembered women in early American history. She is nearly as symbolic of the Lewis and Clark Expedition as the captains themselves. Information about Sacagawea remains tangled with romanticized myths and misconceptions. So little is definitively known about her true origins that scholars and tribes alike cannot meet a consensus on the spelling and origins of her name.
There are more than 200 years of historical documents, oral histories and myths related to Sacagawea. The NPS seeks an analysis of existing scholarship and oral histories. The contractor will comb historical sources and peer-reviewed journal articles. There are oral history from several tribes on Sacagawea and all of these will be given equal weight to each other and to other published historical sources.
They will also give equal weight to oral histories and carefully document the competing oral histories related to Sacagawea’s life.
For further information, interested contractors should go to the following link.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 7 July 2023 by 12 pm local time.
Contact:
Contact person: James Bissaillon
James_Bissaillon@nps.gov
+1 402 661 1690
Image: Painting of Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia by Charles Marion Russell (Public Domain)
