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FARGO (KFGO/AP) - Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the federal case brought by two tribes challenging North Dakota's redrawn legislative distr...

The trial brought by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Nation and three voters ended Thursday. U.S. District Judge Peter Welte likely will make a decision in several weeks.

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"Lawyers representing two tribes in a lawsuit against North Dakota over redistricting claim the map drawn by lawmakers depressed Native American turnout. There are other, more plausible explanations."

FARGO (KFGO/AP) - Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the federal case brought by two tribes challenging ...

"Lawyers representing two tribes in a lawsuit against North Dakota over redistricting claim the map drawn by lawmakers depressed Native American turnout. There are other, more plausible explanations."

The trial brought by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Nation and three voters ended Thursday. U.S. District Judge Peter Welte likely will make a decision in several weeks.

The trial brought by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Nation and three voters ended Thursday. U.S. District Judge Peter Welte likely will make a decision in several weeks.

A federal judge is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether the new boundaries of North Dakota's legislative districts dilute Native American voters' strength on two reservations whose tribes are challenging the map approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The trial brought by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Spirit Lake Nation and three voters ended Thursday. U.S. District Judge Peter Welte likely will make a decision in several weeks.