I'm Proud of Minnesota's New Flag and Seal
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
- I’m proud of our new state seal and flag. The old versions celebrated Indigenous erasure, settler colonialism, deforestation, and violence. These speak to our topography and uniqueness as a state in a way we can all celebrate and learn from. Thank you to everyone who participated in the process. It’s a win for all Minnesotans. Anton Treuer shares about Minnesota's flag history and symbolism and the potential impact of the new changes. #minnesota #flag #MinnesotaFlag #history #minnesotaseal
As an outsider, this new MN flag looks like a REAL FLAG unlike what some YT users called the "seal on a bedsheet" old flag - which could NOT be easily distinguished from many other state flags unless you know what to look for in the first place! The new MN flag will be something visitors will buy from a souvenir shop, and MN sport fans will be waving or hanging this in sports stadiums/arenas in the coming years!
Really nice thoughts. Thanks for sharing!
Love the new flag!!
I hadn't realized that the background represents the state, until you mentioned it. Thanks! Flag looks good.
I very much like the seal and I guess you're causing me to come around for the flag. Thanks!
I'm pleased with the flag. I think the simplicity is nice, and you get from it the North Star and the waters of Minnesota. The seal is very nice, with imagery we all can relate to. I read that some people object to the Dakota language. It's really sad that so many white people feel uncomfortable about things that highlight Native Americans and place names in Native American languages. They point to "illegal language" or featuring only one group, but some people feel very uncomfortable with the state's first people (or other non-white people) getting highlighted in ways that celebrate things that are not white. They feel threatened in complex ways, perhaps because they want to make sure not to feel shame. Thank you for posting this, Anton. I've always admired the voice you put out there. 🌟
Actually i liked the seal motto in French. The French were great friends of the Ojibwe and recorded early presettlement history that would otherwise have been lost.
Love the new design! Great analysis, thank you!
Miigwetch, and nice running into you at Tsuut'ina this year! Cheers!
I love the seal, I hate the flag.
Good morning ,
What do I think of the new flag?
I think the new flag was designed by many Miinnesotans. When the committee asked for volunteer advice I was one of those early volunteers who constructively participated, I know I wasn't the only one to volunteer which is pretty awesome.
I think promoting the new design as designed by many Minnesotans is a positive way to move forward - as designing the new flag was not intended to be a vanity project for one Minnesotan.
Even those who objected to the three stripes for various reasons had their voices heard, they can't say they didn't get the participate because they did.
So many voices from so many places and backgrounds had a hand in designing this flag and it could have turned into a camel but it didn't it's actually a wonderful Thoroughbred horse made up of the best parts of Minnesota! I have already seen sugar cookies with this design on it that look absolutely sweet - pun intended!
Forgive my long narrative to "I am happy with it" but one thing I learned from this process the narrative is just as important as the simple expression such as a design or stating " I'm happy with it".
We in Michigan, are very proud of our great many First Nation place names. ...Our flag could use some work.
Our flag is beautiful
@@123canadagirl since when was seal on blue ever "beautiful"?
Great video
Very good!
The state flag is awesome, but the state seal looks like singer Christopher Cross's logo.
Now it’s really Minnesomalia
blue + star = somalia now. got it. i guess texas is somalia. and the usa. and chile. and south carolina.
It is! Thats why Minneapolis is called little Mogadishu 😢
To think that this new flag is gonna unite all Minnesotans and pull us all together is laughable at best.
Congratulations.
Seal good, flag bad.
But how was the previous Minnesota state seal offensive towards Native Americans? As an American of color, I don't understand. 😐
That question is answered in the video
@@anton.treuer My bad. I thought the seal meant the farmer and the Native American were living together in harmony within state boundaries. But the new state seal looks like singer Christopher Cross's logo to me, with a 50s futurist aesthetic, no offense.
They totally erased the Native American from the flag.
I think you left out some history there guy it's pretty important to tell the whole story
Flag is trash like the seal.
"If we listened to them, there would still be only thirteen starts on the U.S. flag." Yes!
Too much cloud white Yellow wheat Gereral Mills?
I like their new seal. I don’t like the old flag or the new one
Pandering to your Somali Colonist, Anton? Farewell Lake Wobegon.
Isn't the eight-point star a one of the symbols of Islam
Deforestation ?? A gun leaning against the tree??? C'mon man, how do you think the wilderness was tamed, by wokism??? 😂
Keep the old flag this flag really sucks
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Really nice thoughts. Thanks for sharing!