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2009 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The 2009 Native American $1 Coin is based on the theme of agriculture. Spread of Three Sisters Agriculture (1000 A.D.) Maize was domesticated in central Mexico and spread from the southwest through North America, along with symbiotic “Three Sisters” agriculture,...

2016 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The 2016 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the contributions of the Native American Code Talkers in World War I and World War II. It is estimated that more than 12,000 Native Americans served in the U.S. military during World War...

2015 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The 2015 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the contributions of the Kahnawake Mohawk and Mohawk Akwesasne communities to “high iron” construction work and the building of New York City skyscrapers. American Indians have become legendary figures in hazardous occupations. Tribes...

2013 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The 2013 Native American $1 Coin commemorates the Delaware Treaty of 1778. After declaring independence, the United States signed its first formal treaty with an Indian tribe, the Delaware, at Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) on September 17, 1778. The...

2012 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The theme for the 2012 Native American $1 Coin is Trade Routes in the 17th Century. Introduction: Trade and Economy American Indians maintained widespread trans-continental, inter-tribal trade for more than a millennium. The Native American trade infrastructure became the channel...

2011 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The theme for the 2011 Native American $1 Coin is “Supreme Sachem Ousamequin, Massasoit of the Great Wampanoag Nation Creates Alliance with Settlers at Plymouth Bay (1621).” Introduction: Diplomacy—Treaties with Tribal Nations Within Native American culture, the ability to make...

2010 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The theme for the 2010 Native American $1 Coin is “Government—The Great Tree of Peace.” Great Tree of Peace (early 1400s) (Noted in P.L. 110-82 as “Iroquois Confederacy”) The Haudenosaunee Confederation, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy of upstate New...

2014 Native American $1 Coin

November 19, 2021 - The 2014 Native American $1 Coin commemorates how Native American hospitality ensured the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed the Continental Divide, the nature of its mission fundamentally changed. Up to that...