Patrons at the Top Deck in Farmington, New Mexico. Photo from Facebook

Two brothers from the Navajo Nation were awarded $450,000 in connection with a race-related incident at a bar in New Mexico.

Dustin Charley and Justin Charley were beaten by employees at the Top Deck in Farmington in March 2012. During the incident, a bar manager yelled anti-Indian slurs at the brothers, one of the bouncers said during the trial, The Farmington Daily-Times reported.

The same bouncer also said the club routinely discriminated against Indian patrons and were more likely to turn them away at the door. Employees referred to them as "Yabers" -- a derogatory reference to a spiritual being in Navajo culture -- and "TROGs," a term that meant "Total Reliance on Government," the brothers alleged as part of the lawsuit.

The owner of the bar, Susan Douglas, was ordered to pay the brothers $207,082 in punitive damages and $24,296 in actual damages, the Daily-Times reported. Her son, Matt, is the bar manager.

The remaining $218,668 was assigned to an unspecified third party, the Daily-Times reported. That is likely to be the corporation owned by Douglas -- an attorney for the brothers told the paper that they will go after that entity in a new trial.

Justin Charley suffered the most serious injuries during the incident. He has been left with a permanent loss of vision in one of his eyes.

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Brothers awarded $450,000 after Top Deck trial (The Farmington Daily Times 4/29)

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