The Minnesota Department of Human Rights says a credit union in Coon Rapids and a bar in Minneapolis discriminated against two Native Americans when they refused to accept Tribal identification cards.
The investigation revealed that the Wings Financial Credit Union in Coon Rapids “repeatedly” denied a woman access to her bank account when she showed her Tribal ID, the department said. The card was issued by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe and the credit union forced her to provide additional documentation.
In a separate case, the human rights department says The Office Pub and Grill in Minneapolis refused to serve a customer when he used his Tribal ID issued by Red Lake Nation to prove his age. The investigation showed that the customer had been denied three times…