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South Dakota hotel owner found liable for discrimination against Native Americans
A jury awarded damages to Native American plaintiffs after the hotel owner banned them post-shooting; 8% of Rapid City's population is Indigenous, per census data.
- On Friday, a federal jury found Connie Uhre, head of Retsel Corporation, liable for discrimination at the Grand Gateway Hotel and ordered tens of thousands in damages.
- Uhre posted in March 2022 she would ban Native Americans after a fatal shooting involving two teenagers, and members of NDN Collective were turned away, prompting a 2022 class-action lawsuit.
- The U.S. Justice Department then obtained a consent decree in November 2023 banning Connie Uhre from managing the hotel for four years, and the company filed for bankruptcy in September 2024, delaying the case.
- The jury awarded $1 to the NDN Collective, Indigenous advocacy group, while also finding the group acted as a nuisance and granting $812 to Retsel Corporation in the countersuit.
- Rapid City, a gateway to Mount Rushmore, has long seen racial tensions, and at least 8% of its about 80,000 residents identify as American Indian or Alaska Native.
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South Dakota hotel owner found liable for discrimination against Native Americans
A federal jury found the owners of the Grand Gateway Hotel in South Dakota liable for discrimination against Native Americans in a decision on Friday.
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