August 22, 2024
A South Dakota federal judge has axed an Indigenous advocacy group's class allegations while holding bids to dismiss civil rights claims against a Rapid City hotel in abeyance in a discrimination lawsuit that alleges that the business threatened to ban all Native Americans patrons following a shooting in one of its rooms.
January 04, 2024
A South Dakota federal judge has ruled that an Indigenous advocacy group has good cause to file a third amended complaint in its lawsuit accusing a hotel and casino of discriminating against Native American patrons after a fatal shooting on its premises, saying it can add four plaintiffs by name.
February 15, 2023
A federal judge in South Dakota declined Wednesday to consolidate discovery in two lawsuits, one brought by the Biden administration, accusing a hotel and casino of discriminating against Native American patrons after a fatal shooting on its premises last March.
October 19, 2022
The federal government has sued a non-Native-owned South Dakota hotel-casino on claims that the business uses racially discriminatory practices against Native American customers, following a similar suit filed earlier this year by an Indigenous-led nonprofit group.