A former tribal official recently filed a lawsuit against Reno, Nevada’s Grand Sierra Resort and Casino claiming civil rights and discrimination violations.
Jimmy-John Thompson of Sacramento, Calif., a former chairman of California’s Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, filed the legal action in Nevada court in May against the property.
Thompson was staying at the resort on October 15 to attend a Western Mining Action Network conference when he detected smoke in an air vent in his Grand Sierra room and called the hotel’s front desk. A clerk sent an employee to check out the reported smoke odor. The employee didn’t find a source of the smoke smell, but the hotel gave Thompson a different room.
Thompson remained anxious about the smoke odor, so he notified the Reno Fire Department. Reno firefighters responded to the hotel and later told Thompson the source of the smoke was extinguished. A short time later, two hotel security guards arrived at Thompson’s hotel room. Security ordered Thompson to leave the hotel and accused him of arson in his former hotel room, according to Native News Online.
Jimmy-John Thompson of Sacramento, Calif., a former chairman of California’s Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, filed the legal action in Nevada court in May against the property.
Thompson was staying at the resort on October 15 to attend a Western Mining Action Network conference when he detected smoke in an air vent in his Grand Sierra room and called the hotel’s front desk. A clerk sent an employee to check out the reported smoke odor. The employee didn’t find a source of the smoke smell, but the hotel gave Thompson a different room.
Thompson remained anxious about the smoke odor, so he notified the Reno Fire Department. Reno firefighters responded to the hotel and later told Thompson the source of the smoke was extinguished. A short time later, two hotel security guards arrived at Thompson’s hotel room. Security ordered Thompson to leave the hotel and accused him of arson in his former hotel room, according to Native News Online.