MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission has selected a basic design concept for a new state flag for Minnesota to replace current banner considered offensive to Native Americans. But the panel needs to add finishing touches. It chose a template Friday with a stylized dark blue shape of Minnesota on the left and a North Star. The panel’s members will consider variants when they reconvene Tuesday, including an asymmetrical Minnesota that looks more like the state’s actual shape. The current flag depicts a Native American riding into the sunset while a settler plows his field with a rifle at the ready. The imagery suggests that the Indigenous people were defeated and going away.
