The image of the Shoshone Indian, Sacagawea, is featured on the struggling dollar coin that was launched with great fanfare and a multimillion-dollar advertising blitz just more than two years ago.

"Up there" is the United States, where the U.S. Mint has been producing Sacagawea dollar coins since 2000. And even as the coins have lost their luster in the United States, they've been embraced ...

The Sacagawea Dollar was inspired by Sacagawea, a young Native American Shoshone Indian. She (and her infant) accompanied explorers Lewis and Clark on their journey westward to the Great Northern ...

Congress on Tuesday approved a redesign of the Sacagawea dollar in hopes of enticing consumer and business use of the gold-colored dollar. Under legislation passed by voice vote in the House and ...

A man holds a handful of $1 coins in Quito, Ecuador. While the coins are often shunned in the United States, theye prized in Ecuador. (Jim Wyss/Miami Herald/TNS) QUITO, Ecuador — Busy selling ...

Luzmila Mita holds Sacagawea dollar coins in Quito, Ecuador. Sacagawea, an 18th Century Shoshone tribeswoman, is seen as something of a kindred spirit in Ecuador Jim Wyss Miami Herald QUITO ...