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Judge dismisses Rapid City hotel lawsuit against Native American activists

Judge dismisses Rapid City hotel lawsuit against Native American activists

Claims, Judge Larry Piersol finds, were rehash of previous issues already decided

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Jonathan Ellis
Jul 05, 2025
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the owners of a Rapid City hotel against members of a Native American activist group, finding the hotel owners filed a duplicative lawsuit.

Retsel Corp., the owner of the Grand Gateway Estate Hotel, sued NDN Collective and several of its individual members last year over a series of confrontations with Native Americans. Those culminated with a March 2022 murder at the hotel. Following that shooting, Connie Uhre, one of the owners, posted on Facebook that the hotel would no longer rent to Native Americans.

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