“In accordance with the treaty and the laws located in the United States of America, and as a consequence of your actions, you must permanently cease and desist from the violations charged,” reads the eviction notice. “You are instructed to vacate and remove your persons and any personal property you deem necessary from the Treaty Territory of the Great Sioux Nation immediately.”<\/p>\n
The Great Sioux Nation hereby elects to declare forfeiture or abandonment of any property that you occupy or use if you fail to cease, desist, and vacate the premises,” <\/strong>it added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nFurther, the tribes said they were prepared to boycott not just the hotel and its subsidiaries, but the entirety of Rapid City, pressuring the Rapid City Council to revoke the hotel’s business license. They are also prepared to file hate crimes charges against the owners.<\/p>\n
Last Wednesday, the NDN Collective filed a lawsuit that accuses the hotel of racial discrimination and breaching the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n
The hotel is currently listed as temporarily closed on Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A South Dakota hotel that banned Native Americans from booking rooms and visiting its casino bar has been served a notice of eviction by a group of area tribes. The Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City adopted the policy after a shooting in one of its rooms in the early hours of Saturday, March 19. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":207076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Grand Gateway Hotel Gets Eviction Notice from Tribes After \u2018Racist\u2019 Ban<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n