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An 18 January 2019 video recorded at the ] in Washington DC, USA showed Nathan Phillips being harassed by a group of fifty to sixty high school boys who were attending the march; it was widely shared through social media, including Twitter and YouTube with one video reaching two million viewers in two hours.<ref name="thehill_20190119"/><ref name="cincinnati_Londberg_20190119"/><ref name="wcpo_20190119"/> The young men were allegedly from a private, all-male, ]-based ] (CovCath), who had traveled from Kentucky on a school trip to attend the ] ].<ref group="Notes">The ''March For Life'' also had a permit for a ] demonstrations on the ] on that day. According to ''The Cut'', CovCath sends an annual delegation of its students to attend the anti-abortion March For Life in Washington.</ref> On the same day, the video created a "backlash" against the school and the students. Shortly after the video went viral, CovCath's communications director released a statement regretting that the incident took place.<ref name="cincinnati_Londberg_20190119">{{Cite web| title = School faces backlash after incident at Indigenous Peoples March| access-date = January 19, 2019 |date=January 19, 2019| url = https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/01/19/video-shows-apparent-incident-indigenous-peoples-march/2623820002/ |first=Max |last=Londberg |work=Cincinnati Enquirer}}</ref> Hours after the incident took place, in a brief interview on Twitter, elder Phillips said, "While I was there singing, I heard them saying ‘Build that wall! Build that wall!’, you know... this is indigenous land! ...were not supposed to have walls here, we never did—for millennium. Before anybody else came here we never had walls. We never had a prison. We always took care of our elders, we took care of our children. We always provided for them, you know. We taught them right from wrong. *Deep Sigh* I wish I could see that energy of the young mass, the young men, put their energy into making this into a really great country."<ref name="Mashable_Gallucci_20190118">{{Cite web| last = Gallucci| first = Nicole| title = Teens in MAGA hats sparked outrage after crashing the Indigenous Peoples March| work = Mashable|date=January 18, 2019| access-date = January 19, 2019| url = https://mashable.com/article/teen-boys-maga-hats-crash-indifenous-people-march/}}</ref> An 18 January 2019 video recorded at the ] in Washington DC, USA showed Nathan Phillips harassing a group of fifty to sixty high school boys who were attending the march; it was widely shared through social media, including Twitter and YouTube with one video reaching two million viewers in two hours.<ref name="thehill_20190119"/><ref name="cincinnati_Londberg_20190119"/><ref name="wcpo_20190119"/> The young men were allegedly from a private, all-male, ]-based ] (CovCath), who had traveled from Kentucky on a school trip to attend the ] ].<ref group="Notes">The ''March For Life'' also had a permit for a ] demonstrations on the ] on that day. According to ''The Cut'', CovCath sends an annual delegation of its students to attend the anti-abortion March For Life in Washington.</ref> On the same day, the video created a "backlash" against the school and the students. Shortly after the video went viral, CovCath's communications director released a statement regretting that the incident took place.<ref name="cincinnati_Londberg_20190119">{{Cite web| title = School faces backlash after incident at Indigenous Peoples March| access-date = January 19, 2019 |date=January 19, 2019| url = https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/01/19/video-shows-apparent-incident-indigenous-peoples-march/2623820002/ |first=Max |last=Londberg |work=Cincinnati Enquirer}}</ref> Hours after the incident took place, in a brief interview on Twitter, elder Phillips said, "While I was there singing, I heard them saying ‘Build that wall! Build that wall!’, you know... this is indigenous land! ...were not supposed to have walls here, we never did—for millennium. Before anybody else came here we never had walls. We never had a prison. We always took care of our elders, we took care of our children. We always provided for them, you know. We taught them right from wrong. *Deep Sigh* I wish I could see that energy of the young mass, the young men, put their energy into making this into a really great country."<ref name="Mashable_Gallucci_20190118">{{Cite web| last = Gallucci| first = Nicole| title = Teens in MAGA hats sparked outrage after crashing the Indigenous Peoples March| work = Mashable|date=January 18, 2019| access-date = January 19, 2019| url = https://mashable.com/article/teen-boys-maga-hats-crash-indifenous-people-march/}}</ref>


According to '']'', the ] song elder Phillips chanted was the ], a traditional ] inter-tribal ] song.<ref name="indiancountrytoday_Schilling_20190119"/> According to '']'', the ] song elder Phillips chanted was the ], a traditional ] inter-tribal ] song.<ref name="indiancountrytoday_Schilling_20190119"/>

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Native American activist and Omaha-people elder

Nathan Phillips is a Native American activist and Omaha people elder, known for his support of Native American war veterans, and leads an annual ceremony in their honor at Arlington National Cemetery.

Background

Phillips served in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. The New York Times identified Phillips as a former Director of the Native Youth Alliance, a group that works to ensure that traditional culture and spiritual ways are upheld for future generations of Native Americans, and that he leads an annual ceremony honoring Native American war veterans in Arlington National Cemetery. The Guardian called him "a well-known Native American activist who was among those leading the Standing Rock protests in 2016-2017 against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota".

Philips received national attention in America after participating in the Indigenous Peoples' March in Washington, D.C. in January 2019, when he was harassed by a group of high school students. Phillips had been in the news in 2015 when a group of college students from Eastern Michigan University racially harassed him.

In a January 2019 article in Indian Country Today', Phillips was described as a "keeper of a sacred pipe". Another January 2019 article in the Washington Post described Phillips as a "a veteran in the indigenous rights movement". Phillips is the subject of the award-winning 2013 documentary film Between Earth and Sky in which he and his wife Shoshana, travel back to his Omaha reservation after his wife was diagnosed with bone-marrow cancer (which she died of in 2014).

Indigenous Peoples' March

Main article: Indigenous Peoples' March

An 18 January 2019 video recorded at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, USA showed Nathan Phillips harassing a group of fifty to sixty high school boys who were attending the march; it was widely shared through social media, including Twitter and YouTube with one video reaching two million viewers in two hours. The young men were allegedly from a private, all-male, Park Hills, Kentucky-based Covington Catholic High School (CovCath), who had traveled from Kentucky on a school trip to attend the anti-abortion March for Life. On the same day, the video created a "backlash" against the school and the students. Shortly after the video went viral, CovCath's communications director released a statement regretting that the incident took place. Hours after the incident took place, in a brief interview on Twitter, elder Phillips said, "While I was there singing, I heard them saying ‘Build that wall! Build that wall!’, you know... this is indigenous land! ...were not supposed to have walls here, we never did—for millennium. Before anybody else came here we never had walls. We never had a prison. We always took care of our elders, we took care of our children. We always provided for them, you know. We taught them right from wrong. *Deep Sigh* I wish I could see that energy of the young mass, the young men, put their energy into making this into a really great country."

According to Indian Country Today, the drum song elder Phillips chanted was the AIM Song, a traditional Native American inter-tribal powwow song.

In response to the incident, House Representative Deb Haaland of New Mexico wrote, "The students’ display of blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance is a signal of how common decency has decayed under this administration. Heartbreaking." and this "Veteran put his life on the line for our country."

Make It Bun Dem video

Main article: Make It Bun Dem

In 2012, Phillips and his son appeared in the music video for Make It Bun Dem, a song by Skrillex and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley. In a 20 February 2017 interview that took place during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests (DAPL), Phillips explained he had answered the casting call at the time because he wanted to help his children cope with his wife's cancer.

Notes

  1. According to a April 22, 2015 Fox local new report by Dave Spencer, in 2015, Phillips filed a report of racial harassment with Eastern Michigan University campus police against 30 to 40 students who "referred to themselves as the Hurons, the former mascot at EMU", dressed as Native Americans for an American Indian theme party. He was "bombarded with racial slurs" and one of the students threw a beer can at him.
  2. The March For Life also had a permit for a First Amendment demonstrations on the National Mall on that day. According to The Cut, CovCath sends an annual delegation of its students to attend the anti-abortion March For Life in Washington.

References

  1. ^ Mervosh, Sarah. "Boys in 'Make America Great Again' Hats Mob Native Elder at Indigenous Peoples March". The New York Times.
  2. "Video of US teens taunting Native American draws fire". BBC News. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. "Outcry after Kentucky students in Maga hats mock Native American veteran". The Guardian. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Local high school 'looking into' incident at march in D.C." WCPO. January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. Bekiempis, Victoria. "Native American Mocked by Kentucky High School Students in D.C. is Military Veteran Nathan Phillips". The Daily Beast.
  6. Santiago, Ellyn. "Nathan Phillips: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.
  7. ^ Spencer, Dave (April 22, 2015). "Native American claims racial harassment by EMU students dressed as indians". FOX via WJBK. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Schilling, Vincent (January 19, 2019). "Outrage as non-Native youth wearing #MAGA hats taunt and disrespect Native elder". Indian Country Today. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. Olivo, Antonio; Wootson Jr, Cleve R.; Heim, Joe (January 19, 2019). "Native American drummer speaks on the teens who surrounded him wearing MAGA hats". Washington Post via New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  10. "Between Earth and Sky". Kickstarter. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  11. "Between Earth and Sky ‹ Maria Stanisheva's portfolio & blog". Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  12. "Between Earth and Sky". Winter Film Awards. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  13. Between Earth and Sky. IMDB. October 20, 2012. Event occurs at 22 minutes. Retrieved January 19, 2019. Maria Stanisheva (Director/Writer) Starring Nathan Phillips and Shoshana Phillips with music by Nathan Phillips.
  14. ^ "Haaland condemns students' behavior toward Native elder at Indigenous Peoples March". The Hill. January 18, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  15. ^ Londberg, Max (January 19, 2019). "School faces backlash after incident at Indigenous Peoples March". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  16. Gallucci, Nicole (January 18, 2019). "Teens in MAGA hats sparked outrage after crashing the Indigenous Peoples March". Mashable. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  17. "U.S. diocese investigating after students mock Indigenous demonstrator". CBC News. January 18, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  18. Make It Bun Dem. May 1, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  19. Marco Frucht (Director) (February 20, 2017). Nate Phillips Gives Skrillex A Shoutout From the DAPL protests. Event occurs at 83 seconds. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

External Links

Between Earth and Sky (2012) at IMDb

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