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)." Its
reverse design features hands of the Supreme Sachem Ousamequin
Massasoit and Governor John Carver, symbolically offering the
ceremonial peace pipe after the initiation of the first formal
written peace alliance between the Wampanoag tribe and the
European settlers. The design includes the required
inscriptions, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and $1, along with the
additional inscription WAMPANOAG TREATY 1621. Introduction:
Diplomacy—Treaties with Tribal Nations Within Native American
culture, the ability to make peace was historically as highly
prized as leadership in war and often conducted by a separate
peace chief, who stepped in when the time for the warriors had
passed. For centuries, tribes created alliances with each other
that spanned hundreds of miles. One of the first treaties for a
mutual alliance with settlers in what became the