The Minnesota state seal design chosen by a State Emblems Redesign Commission in December of 2023.

The design chosen by a State Emblems Redesign Commission in December of 2023.

Kevin DuPuis, chairman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, speaks to Minnesota state senators on February 7, 2023, at the Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul. State Senator Mary Kunesh (Standing Rock Sioux descendent, right), a Democrat from New Brighton, was the chief author of a bill to amend the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA). Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer. Used with the permission of Michelle Griffith.

Patricia Staine (right) testifies before the Minnesota House of Representatives on February 14, 2023, during a hearing on a bill to amend the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA). Representative Alicia Kozlowski (DFL-Duluth) sits at left. Copyright Minnesota House of Representatives; photo by Catherine Davis. Used with the permission of House Public Information Services.

Minnesota Representative Heather Keeler (DFL-Moorhead, standing at right) speaks about MIFPA on the floor of the Minnesota House on March 9, 2023. Representatives Alicia Kozlowski (DFL-Duluth, standing at center) and Jamie Becker-Finn (DFL-Roseville, standing at left) listen. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer. Used with the permission of Michelle Griffith.

Alternate color version of the Minnesota state seal, before 1971 and ca. 1960s.

The Minnesota State Seal on display in a Hennepin County District Court courtroom at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Tony Webster, October 25, 2018. CC BY 2.0

Four-color version of the Great Seal of Minnesota, 2018. From the Minnesota State Brand Style Guide, 2018.

Color version of the Minnesota state seal, 1983. Public domain.