evidence: After months of debate and thousands of submissions, Minnesota has unveiled a new flag to replace a design many Native Americans considered offensive. [...] The flag was approved by Minnesota's State Emblems Redesign Commission after an 11-1 vote. The commission also approved a new state seal that features a loon, the state bird. [...] Minnesota is home to a large Somali diaspora, and is represented in Congress by Somali-born representative Ilhan Omar, but officials have said that any similarity is a coincidence.