LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas lawmaker is proposing a star on the state’s flag no longer represent the Confederacy, saying it should instead commemorate the contribution of Native Americans to the state.Democratic Rep. Charles Blake’s legislation filed Friday wouldn’t change the
design of Arkansas’ state flag. Instead, it would eliminate language from
Arkansas law that a blue star above the state’s name that says the star
commemorates the Confederate States of America.
Under Blake’s proposal, the star would commemorate the Quapaw, Osage and Caddo tribes and the other Native American nations who inhabited Arkansas.
The proposal comes two years after Arkansas’ Republican governor signed into
law a measure removing Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the state holiday
honoring civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
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