2009 - Three Sisters
Agriculture
Coin commemorates the
spread of Three Sisters Agriculture around 1000 A D and features a Native
American woman planting seeds in a field populated with corn, beans and squash.
2010
- Great Law of
Peace (HAUDENOSAUNEE)
Coin commemorates the
Great Tree of Peace and the Iroquois Confederacy of the early 1400s, and
features an image of the Hiawatha Belt with five arrows bound together and the
additional inscription HAUDENOSAUNEE and GREAT LAW OF
PEACE.
2011 - Wampanoag Treaty
1621
Coin commemorates the
Great Wampanoag Nation and the creation of an alliance with settlers at
Plymouth Bay in 1621 and features the hands of the Supreme Sachem Ousamequin
Massasoit and Governor John Carver, symbolically offering a ceremonial peace
pipe after the initiation of the first formal written peace alliance between
the Wampanoag tribe and the European settlers. The additional inscription
is WAMPANOAG TREATY 1621.
2012 - Trade Route
Coin commemorates
the Trade Routes that helped spread the horse in 17th Century America, and
features a Native American horse in profile with horses running in the
background.
2013 - Treaty With
the Delawares 1778
Coin commemorates the
Treaty with the Delawares and features a turkey, howling wolf and turtle (all
symbols of the clans of the Delaware Tribe), and a ring of thirteen stars to
represent the Colonies. The additional inscriptions are TREATY
WITH THE DELAWARES and 1778.
2014 - Native
Hospitality
Coin commemorates how
Native American hospitality ensures the success of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition. Its reverse design depicts a Native American man offering a
pipe while his wife offers provisions of fish, corn, roots and gourds. In
the background is a stylized image of the face of William Clark's compass
highlighting "NW," the area in which the expedition occurred.
The design includes the inscription UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA and $1.
2015 - MOHAWK Iron
Workers
Coin commemorates the
contribution of the Kahnawake Mohawk and Mohawk Akwesasne communities to
"high iron" construction work and the building of New York City
skyscrapers and bridges.