The 2013 Native American $1 Coins will mark the fifth year in a
series of strikes from the US Mint honoring the contributions of
Native Americans to the United States of America. Congress
authorized this series with the Native American $1 Coin Act
signed into law by President George W. Bush on September 20,
2007 to become Public Law 110-82. The specific language of the
Act required the reverse designs to contain "images celebrating
the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual
Native Americans to the development of the United States and the
history of the United States." To that end, the Mint started the
new series in 2009 with the release of the 2009 "Three Sisters"
Native American Coin. It showcased a woman planting seeds of
corn, beans and squash together in a method developed by the
Native Americans around 1000 A.D. Following that release in 2010
was a design honoring the Haudenosaunee Confederation, also
known as the Iroquois Confederacy. This 2010 Native American $1
Coin honored the d