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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle Del Rey

Minnesota replaced its ‘racist’ flag. The new one is facing its own outrage

State Emblems Redesign Commission

Minnesota has unveiled a new state flag design to replace one that was considered racist by many Native American leaders.

The waving symbol, which was adopted in 1957 and based on an 1893 design, features a white settler working a field with a rifle leaning on a nearby tree stump, as an Indigenous man rode away on horseback.

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