Native American Dollar Reverse Designs
In 2009, the Native American Dollar Coin Program will begin. The obverse of the coins will feature the Sacagawea design first used in 2000. The reverse of the coins will feature a new design each year, celebrating important figures and events from Native American history.
H.R. 2358 The Native American $1 Coin Act included several suggestions for reverse designs:
- Creation of the Cherokee written language
- Existence of the Iroquois Confederacy
- Chief Massasoit of the Wampanoag
- The Pueblo Revolt
- Olympic Champion Jim Thorpe
- General Ely S. Parker, Head of Indian Affairs
- Navajo Code Talkers
Until the end of the Presidential Dollar Program, the reverse designs of Native American Dollars will be issued in chronological order of the figures and events featured, to the extent possible. The US Mint will create a timeline of events until at least 2016 to be used for the creation of coin designs.
During the design evaluation process, The United States Mint will consult with the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives Congressional Native American Caucus, Commission of Fine Arts, National Congress of American Indians, and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC).
The Secretary of the Treasury will select the final designs to be minted and issued.