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Polly Cooper, an Oneida Woman Who Helped Save Washington’s Army, Is Honored on $1 Coin
Polly Cooper’s 1778 aid to starving Continental Army troops at Valley Forge is honored on the 2026 Native American $1 Coin, part of a program recognizing Native contributions.
- This week, the U.S. Mint's 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin features Polly Cooper on the reverse, released amid 250th anniversary celebrations of the Declaration of Independence.
- A 1778 relief expedition from Oneida territory to Valley Forge had Polly Cooper and 47 Oneida warriors carrying white corn and teaching soldiers to prepare hulled corn soup.
- Depicting Cooper offering a basket of corn to George Washington, the coin's reverse was developed closely with the U.S. Mint, while the obverse continues to portray Sacagawea.
- Calloway warned that Cooper's story could be co-opted to signify a `benign, reciprocal relationship` that never truly existed, while the Oneida suffered heavy losses and displacement after the Revolution.
- Established by a 2007 act of Congress, the Native American $1 Coin Program honors individuals like Maria Tallchief and Jim Thorpe, though some 250th designs were scrapped by President Donald Trump's administration.
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Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman who helped save Washington’s army, is honored on $1 coin
The reverse side of the U.S. Mint’s 2026 Sacagawea $1 coin will feature Polly Cooper, a woman from the Oneida tribe known for helping George Washington’s Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The release of the coin this week coincides with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It recognizes Cooper’s role in a 1778 relief expedition from Oneida territory in what is now central New York …
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Polly Cooper, an Oneida woman who helped save Washington's army, is honored on $1 coin
A newly minted $1 coin will feature a woman from the Oneida tribe, Polly Cooper, known for aiding George Washington's army during the Revolutionary War.
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