December 7, 2023 -
The theme of the 2024 Native American $1 Coin is the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. On June 2, 1924, the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law, granting U. S. citizenship to “all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial...
August 24, 2023 -
The theme of the 2023 Native American $1 Coin is: Maria Tallchief and American Indians in Ballet. Maria Tallchief is considered America’s first major prima ballerina. She is the first Native American (Osage Nation) to hold the rank. In addition to...
August 24, 2023 -
The 2022 Native American $1 Coin honors Ely Samuel Parker, a U.S. Army officer, engineer, and tribal diplomat, who served as military secretary to Ulysses S. Grant during the U.S. Civil War. When Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia,...
November 19, 2021 -
The theme of the 2021 Native American $1 Coin is Native Americans in the U.S. Military. Native Americans have served in the Armed Forces of the United States in each of our nation’s conflicts, beginning with the Revolutionary War. They...
November 19, 2021 -
The theme of the 2019 Native American $1 Coin design is American Indians in the Space Program. Native Americans have been on the modern frontier of space flight since the beginning of NASA. Their contributions to the U.S. space program...
November 19, 2021 -
The theme of the 2018 Native American $1 Coin design is Jim Thorpe, an athlete and Olympian. James Francis “Jim” Thorpe (1888-1953), was born near Prague, Oklahoma, in what was then Indian Territory. Raised in the Sac and Fox tribe,...
July 13, 2021 -
The U.S. Mint issued the Sacagawea Golden Dollar from 2000 to 2008. It was the first dollar made with an outer layer of manganese brass, giving it a golden color. The obverse design features Sacagawea and the reverse depicts a...
November 19, 2021 -
The 2017 Native American $1 Coin commemorates Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary. Sequoyah adapted writing to the Cherokee language by devising symbols for each syllable. His achievement is one of a handful of examples in world history regarding the...
April 24, 2008 -
WASHINGTON — At 12:00 noon on April 28, 2008, collectors can begin purchasing 2008–dated Golden Dollar coins bearing the image of Sacagawea. The coins, available in bags and rolls, are of circulating quality and were struck on the main production...
August 10, 2007 -
Half–ounce Gold Versions of Sacagawea Golden Dollars Flew on Historic Space Shuttle Mission
