Sacajawea as Liberty is just history gone bad; Keep her picture on new dollar coin, but let's dispense with the propaganda.(VARIETY) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: June 23, 1998| Author: Ode, Kim | COPYRIGHT 1998 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The recommendation that Sacajawea be the model for the new dollar coin is a case of good intentions run amok.

An advisory panel made up of a butcher, a baker and a candlestick maker - OK, it included an architect, a college president and a personnel executive - voted 6-1 that the new coin honor the Shoshone Indian girl who helped guide Lewis and Clark's exploratory expedition through the Pacific Northwest almost 200 years ago. Because no portrait exists of Sacajawea, th...

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