The story goes on under the ad “Some of our people were shocked and upset when they saw this,” Harold Fraser, president of the Cheyenne River Sioux, told the Washington Post. “Some people used to tell us, ‘We always go through this,’ but seeing it really in writing made me very angry.” “The Gateway Hotel is located in the country of our treaty,” he added. “… By treaty and by law, we continue to own this land.” Uhre was not directly accessible by The Post. No one answered the phone at the hotel when a reporter called early Wednesday. Uhre has not filed a response to the lawsuit. The recent tensions began on March 19, when police arrived at the hotel around 4:30 p.m. and found a man in his late teens with threatening gunshot wounds, the Rapid City Journal reported. The story goes on under the ad Uhre reportedly posted about the new policy the next day. In a post, he said he “would not allow a Native American to enter our business, including Cheers,” a bar and casino run by the hotel, because he was unable to say “who is a bad native or a good native.” ». according to the lawsuit. The next day, Sunny Red Bear entered the hotel with another Native American and tried to Rent a Room | A hotel clerk allegedly provided the rates and began booking. He then abruptly refused to go, citing a hotel policy ban on people with a local identity from room rentals, the lawsuit alleges. A few minutes later, the worker told the women that in reality there was no such policy, according to court records. Instead, he said, locals were not allowed to stay at the hotel due to the negative effects on Uhre’s social media posts, according to the lawsuit. The Red Bear and the other woman left the hotel on March 21 without being able to rent a room, according to court records. The story goes on under the ad The next day, representatives of NDN Collective, a local nonprofit that advocated for Native Americans, tried to close five hotel rooms for the organization but were told they could not rent rooms due to “issues,” according to records. of the court. A NDN Collective spokesman told a hotel employee that a booking website indicated that the hotel had rooms available. The clerk confirmed that this was the case, the lawsuit states, but said the hotel would not rent the available rooms at NDN Collective. When a NDN Collective representative asked to speak to a manager, a man demanded threatening to leave the hotel before following the group out, court records say. On March 23, Red Bear and NDN Collective filed a lawsuit against Uhre and her manager Nick Uhre’s son, claiming the hotel refused to rent them rooms because of their race. The story goes on under the ad “Madam. Red Bear did nothing to justify expulsion from the Grand Gateway Hotel,” the South Dakota District Court said in a statement. and the protected regime as Native Americans. “ On March 23, a day after NDN Collective tried unsuccessfully to close five rooms, the Grand Gateway Hotel placed guards in the lobby, court records say. At least one had a gun, according to the lawsuit. “The presence of guards and automatic weapons was intended to intimidate and further exclude Native Americans,” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit also alleges Uhre’s postings on social media as evidence of “explicit racial discrimination.” In a post that has since been deleted, according to the lawsuit, Uhre wrote that because of the March 19 shooting “plus all the vandalism we had; we will not[er] allow any Native American to property. Or at the Cheers Sports Bar. “ The story goes on under the ad According to the lawsuit, Nick Uhre also endorsed the ban on Native Americans from owning the hotel. He allegedly imposed his mother’s policy by sending emails to hotel staff about it. The court records do not mention a lawyer for Uhres. Nick Uhre declined to comment when he arrived at The Post, citing the pending trial, but told South Dakota Public Radio in an email that “Indigenous people are welcome at the Grand Gateway Hotel, always have been, always will be.” Red Bear and NDN Collective lawyers did not respond to messages from The Post. In addition to blaming the mayor, police chief, sheriff, sheriff candidate and the judiciary, a local hotel is banning all Native Americans from shooting at hotel property a few days ago. Neither the Grand Gateway’s shot nor its response to this reflects the values of our community. pic.twitter.com/vA9oXND0qi – Steve Allender (@Mayor_Allender) March 21, 2022 Rapid City Mayor Steve Allender later condemned Connie Uhre’s social media posts. The story goes on under the ad He wrote on Twitter: “Apart from blaming the mayor, the police chief, the sheriff, the sheriff candidate and the judiciary, a local hotel is banning all Native Americans from shooting at property a few days ago. hotel. “Neither the shooting nor the Grand Gateway’s response to this reflects the values of our community.” Frazier, president of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe, also denounced the allegations as racist and discriminatory. “This kind of behavior will no longer be tolerated in this day and age,” Frazier said in a statement, apologizing immediately. Days after Uhres reportedly banned Native Americans from owning the property, all of the bar staff and some hotel staff resigned, South Dakota Public Broadcasting said. The flight of the employees was followed by a protest denouncing the alleged comments of the owner. The story goes on under the ad The tribal leaders also recently wrote an order of cessation and resignation at the hotel door, claiming that the Grand Gateway is in the territory of the Great Nation of Sioux. The breach order says the hotel and its owners are violating the 1868 Treaty with the Sioux, which stipulates that any non-Native American must obtain the consent of tribal leaders. to occupy the defined area. “You have an order to evacuate and evacuate your persons and any personal property deemed necessary by the Territory of the Treaty of the Great Nation of Sioux immediately,” the infringement statement said. On March 26, Frazier, other tribal leaders and dozens of people marched on the hotel to serve the ceasefire order, Frazier told The Post. The story goes on under the ad According to Google, the Grand Gateway is temporarily closed. Nick Uhre told Public Broadcasting South Dakota that it was a decision made due to recent threats received by his family. Frazier told The Post that the tribes were planning to boycott Rapid City, which meant that no Native American would set foot there, even to buy groceries. Tribal leaders are also expected to ask the city council to revoke the hotel license. “Have respect,” Frazier told The Post. “We are human beings too and we deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. “We were here first.”
