2 businesses face civil penalties, damages after denying tribal IDs


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State investigators announced Friday that two Minnesota businesses violated state law when refusing to accept tribal ID cards from their customers. The incidents took place in 2024.

Investigators with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced Friday that two Minnesota businesses violated state law when refusing to accept tribal ID cards from their customers.

Two individuals made separate complaints under the state’s human rights law stemming from incidents that took place in 2024.

According to a complaint filed with the state human rights agency, a customer at Wings Financial Credit Union in Coon Rapids was denied services six times over four months when she attempted to use identification issued by the Sisseton-Wahpeton tribe to access her bank account. Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate is a tribal nation that straddles the North Dakota and South Dakota border.

According to investigators, the credit uni...

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