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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2002

The Montana Districting Apportionment Commission will visit the Fort Peck Reservation on Monday to hear comments about new maps redrawing the state's legislative districts.

Debate has heated up over what is called Plan 300. Tribal leaders support the plan, which creates a majority Indian district encompassing the Fort Peck, Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy’s reservations.

But local officials say the district is too cumbersome.

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Redistricting plans stir dispute (AP 2/1)

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