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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 6164588, member: 12789&quot;]Pardon me whilst I pull this statement apart.&nbsp; James Thorpe wasn&#039;t even officially recognized as a US citizen until 1926(Native Americans were not recognized as citizens until then.&nbsp; The only Native Americans recognized as citizens before that were the so called Five &quot;Civilized&quot; Tribes that were in what is now Oklahoma</p><p><br /></p><p>Sacagawea likely had no idea by guiding Louis and Clarke to the Pacific Northwest that she initiated the beginning of the end for the Plains people.&nbsp; Also there are no known extent images of her, the image on the dollar coin is based on a Native American model - Randy&#039;L Teton.</p><p><br /></p><p>Louis Braille is not even American, he was French.&nbsp; Sure he was on a commemorative dollar, but a foreign citizen doesn&#039;t belong on a circulating American banknote.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jackie Robinson and Crispus Attucks have appeared on commemorative coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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