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H.R.2358 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans and 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, and for other purposes.

Contributions to the development of the US by Native Americans are to be commemorated by authorization of a $1 coin. The coins will be issued yearly beginning January 1, 2008. with different depictions on each coin per year. The coins will depict an element representing native American history in the categories of : the creation of Cherokee written language;  the Iroquois Confederacy; Wampanoag Chief Massasoit; the `Pueblo Revolt';  Olympian Jim Thorpe; Ely S. Parker, a general on the staff of General Ulysses S. Grant and later head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and code talkers who served the United States Armed Forces during World War I and World War II.

This is not a commemorative coin but rather a new design for the US $1.00 coin.

The Secretary of Treasury is ordered to aggressively market awareness of the new coins.

Sponsor:  Rep. Dale E. Kildee (D-MI-5^th)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote June 13, 2007. Passed Senate amended by Unanimous Consent. Agreed to by voice vote September 4, 2007

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost. No cost data given

Earmark Certification:   Not applicable to this bill.

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