Despite this outcome, which increased representation for Native Americans in Bismarck, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, ...

homesteading and territorial politics shaped the map in lasting ways. While the county lines may be familiar, the names behind them hold the deeper story of how southwest North Dakota came to be.

This legislative district map was drawn by the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state. North Dakota officials were ordered by federal Judge Peter Welte to adopt the map, but an appeals court ...