Benny was an Aleut Indian boy living in an Alaskan mission home many years before Alaska became a state. One day his teacher told the class about a contest to to make a flag for Alaska. That night the boys and girls of the mission house made many designs for the flag. A month later the teacher announced: Children, the flag contest is over. From all over Alaska children sent in designs for the flag. And Benny's design has won the contest Benny's Flag is a true story.