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The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 3, January 21, 2007, Article 25

CANADIAN MINT UNVEILS COMMEMORATIVE THAYENDANEGEA DOLLAR

You thought 'Sacagawea' was hard to pronounce?  On Thursday
the Royal Canadian Mint unveiled its first collector coin of
the year, a commemorative silver dollar featuring Thayendanegea,
a Six Nations chief and British military captain.

"Thayendanegea, who fought alongside the British during the American
Revolutionary War, was given the English name Joseph Brant. He
negotiated a land settlement along the Grand River for the Six
Nations people in Ontario in 1783, and the city neigbouring the
Grand River reserve, Brantford, now bears his name.

"The coin, which has a limited mintage of 65,000, features a
portrait of Brant wearing a native headdress and a steel collar
bearing the British royal coat of arms.

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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