Opera Theater Oregon centers Indigenous voices in new telling of Sacajawea’s story

Opera Theater Oregon is creating an opera about the life of Sacajawea, the Native American woman best known for her role in the Lewis and Clark expedition.

It’s called “Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story” and it’s being sung partly in Sacajawea’s Agai-Dika/Lemhi-Shoshone language.

The libretto was written by the great-great-grandniece of Sacajawea, Rose Ann Abrahamson. She said she first learned about Sacajawea when she was 6 years old, and hasn’t stopped exploring Sacajawea’s history since.