The 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁡󠁫󠁿 emote or "Flag for Alaska (US-AK)" emote represents the state flag of Alaska, which features eight gold stars on a dark blue field, representing the Big Dipper and the North Star. The flag was designed in 1927 by a 13-year-old Native American boy named Benny Benson and was officially adopted as the state flag in 1959 when Alaska became a state.