The public is invited to join the United States Mint at Plimoth Plantation for the ceremonial launch of the 2011 Native American $1 Coin. The ceremony will take place at 10:30 a.m., in the Plimoth Plantation Henry Hornblower II Visitor Center. Following the ceremony, the public may exchange their cash for rolls of the new 2011 Native American $1 Coin.
Andy Brunhart, United States Mint Deputy Director, and Wampanoag Tribal Leaders will be in attendence for the unveiling of the coin.
The back of the new coin honors the Wampanoag Treaty of 1621 between Ousamequin Massasoit, the sachem, or leader, of the Wampanoag tribe, extending a peace pipe to the hand of John Carver, the first governor of Plymouth Colony. The coin's face will have Sacajewea, the woman who served as guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition from 1804 to 1806.
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The Native American $1 Coin is authorized by Public Law 110-82-the Native American $1 Coin Act of 2008. The Act requires the United States Mint to mint and issue $1 coins with designs celebrating the important contributions of Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States. The 2011 Native American $1 Coin is the third coin issued in the program, which launched in 2009.
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