I REMEMBER ANOTHER JACKET. I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE DO CARE.
WE WILL ALWAYS CARE.
>> ON FRIDAY, NATIVE AMERICANS
HELD THEIR FIRST EVER INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE’S MARCH IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. TO BRING ATTENTION TO
ISSUES AFFECTING NATIVE
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. A MOMENT HAS GONE VIRAL -- AN
INTERACTION BETWEEN NATIVE
MARCHERS AND A GROUP OF HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS IN D.C. FOR THE
ANTI-ABORTION MARCH FOR LIFE.
[ SHOUTING ] >> AT LEAST SOME OF THE STUDENTS
WERE FROM COVINGTON CATHOLIC
HIGH SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY.
THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF
COVINGTON SAID, QUOTE, WE
CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THE
COVINGTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS TOWARDS NATHAN PHILLIPS
SPECIFICALLY AND NATIVE
AMERICANS IN GENERAL.
WE EXTEND APOLOGIES TO MR.
PHILLIPS.
PHILLIPS. THIS IS OPPOSED TO TEACHINGS ON
THE DIG TINY AND RESPECT OF THE
HUMAN PERSON.
HUMAN PERSON. THE DIOCESE SAID THE MATTER IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION AND SOME
STUDENTS COULD BE EXPELLED.
JOINING ME NOW BY PHONE, THE MAN
YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND OMAHA TRIBAL
ELDER NATHAN PHILLIPS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
HERE. >> THANK YOU.
>> TELL US WHAT HAPPENED.
GIVE US THE FULL STORY, THE BACK
STORY TO WHAT WE SAW IN THE
VIDEO.
VIDEO. >> WELL, IT STARTED AT THE END
OF OUR RALLY THERE ON THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENTS SGROUNDS.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING ME ON.
>> OF COURSE.
>> AND ALLOWING ME TO SAY A FEW
WORDS HERE.
WORDS HERE. WE WERE THERE AT THE END OF OUR
MARCH.
MARCH. THERE WAS A GROUP OF FELLOWS
THERE THAT WERE HAVING THEIR
MOMENT ON -- WHAT I CALL A
SOAPBOX MOMENT IN D.C.
THEY WERE OUT THERE SAYING
WORDS.
WORDS. THIS YOUNG GROUP OF STUDENTS, WE
WERE LISTENING TO WHAT THEY WERE
SAYING.
SAYING. NEITHER OF THESE GROUPS WERE
PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR
GROUP.
GROUP. THEY WERE JUST -- THERE WERE
JUST MORE THINGS HAPPENING IN
D.C.
D.C. >> TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS WERE
CONFRONTING EACH OTHER.
THE STUDENTS AND ANOTHER GROUP?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I HEAR THE OTHER GROUP IS THE
BLACK ISRAELITES OR SOMETHING.
>> MM-HMM.
>> MM-HMM. >> DURING OUR RALLY THEY SET UP
AT THE EDGE OF OUR PERMITTED
SPACE AND STARTED JUST, YOU
KNOW, SAYING THINGS,
INSTIGATING.
INSTIGATING. SO I TOLD OUR FOLKS THAT WERE
STILL THERE ASKING ME SHOULD WE
SAY SOMETHING TO THEM, ASK THEM
TO MOVE OFF OR SOMETHING.
I SAID, WELL, THEY ARE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF OUR PERMITTED
AREA, SO WE CAN’T SAY NOTHING,
DO NOTHING.
DO NOTHING. SO JUST IGNORE THEM.
WE DID.
WE DID. WE WERE ACCOMPLISHING THAT JUST
FINE UNTIL THESE OTHER KIDS --
WELL, THE MARCH FOR RIGHT TO
LIFE HAD JUST GOTTEN DONE.
WE WERE GETTING ALL THIS MASS OF
PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR AREA,
JUST BEING IN THE WAY SORT OF,
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. WE WERE TRYING TO PICK UP, CLEAN
UP AND PUT THINGS AWAY.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> SO THESE GROUPS OF KIDS WERE
WALKING THROUGH, SAYING IT’S
INDIANS AND THEY HAVE HEARD
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. THEY’RE MAKING REMARKS TO EACH
OTHER, NOT TO US.
>> SO THERE IS VIDEO, SO MANY
PEOPLE TOOK VIDEO AT THE EVENT.
THAT’S THE MODERN ERA.
YOU CAN SEE AT ONE POINT YOU
WALK BETWEEN THE GROUP OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. >> OH, YEAH.
>> WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO WALK UP
TO THE STUDENTS?
>> WELL, FIRST WHEN I WAS
THERE -- THERE WAS A GROUP.
IT DIDN’T JUST HAPPEN LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS A BUILD-UP OF ABOUT TWO
HOURS OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
THE BLACK ISRAELITES AND THE
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. WE WERE STANDING THERE WATCHING
THIS.
THIS. FIRST THEY CAME, THERE WERE
ABOUT SIX OF THEM.
THEY WENT AWAY.
THEY CAME BACK WITH ABOUT 20.
THEY WENT AWAY, CAME BACK WITH
ABOUT 60.
ABOUT 60. THEY SURROUNDED THESE BLACK
KIDS, BLACK GUYS.
TAUNTING THEM, RACIAL TAUNTS
BACK AND FORTH.
WE WERE JUST AT THE SIDELINES
WATCHING THIS.
WATCHING THIS. THIS IS ABOUT AN HOUR.
THEN THEY WENT AWAY.
THE 60 CAME BACK, 100, MAYBE 200
OF THEM.
OF THEM. THEY WERE JUST A BIG MOB.
JUST UGLY, UGLY MOB.
>> WHEN YOU WOUND UP IN THIS
CONVERSATION, THIS HAS NOW GONE
VIRAL.
VIRAL. YOU FACING OFF WITH THE ONE
YOUNG MAN AND THERE WERE OTHER
STUDENTS DOING WHAT SOUNDED LIKE
FAUX NATIVE AMERICAN CHANTS
AROUND YOU.
AROUND YOU. WHAT WERE YOU FEELING IN THAT
MOMENT?
MOMENT? WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS
HAPPENING?
HAPPENING? WHAT DID YOU THINK THEIR GOAL
WAS IN FACING YOU?
>> WELL, THE GOAL -- WHAT
HAPPENED WAS IT WAS -- THERE’S A
TERM FOR IT WHERE THEIR
ATTENTION WAS ON THE BLACK
ISRAELITES.
ISRAELITES. WHEN I SEEN WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AT THE END AND WHERE IT WAS
GETTING TO THERE WAS JUST LIKE
IT NEEDED A LITTLE SPARK AND THE
MOB WOULD HAVE DESCENDED ON
THOSE FOUR GUYS AND RIPPED THEM
APART.
APART. THAT’S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, FELT
LIKE.
LIKE. I STARTED SINGING OUR PRAYERS TO
GOD.
GOD. THE DRUM IS AN INSTRUMENT WE USE
TO COMMUNICATE TO GOD.
>> MM-HMM.
>> MM-HMM. >> SO WHEN I STARTED THE DRUM
BEAT IT WAS IN MY MIND THAT,
GOD, LOOK AT US HERE NOW, YOU
KNOW?
KNOW? I’M PRAYING, GOD.
WE ARE AT OUR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE’S MARCH AND WE WANT TO
END THIS IN A GOOD WAY.
LOOK AT MY AMERICA.
LOOK AT MY BLACK AND WHITE
BROTHERS TEARING AT EACH OTHER.
WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE YOU
CAN’T STAND BY AND WATCH THIS.
YOU’RE AN AMERICAN AND YOU SEE
AMERICA BEING TORN APART, BURNED
DOWN.
DOWN. IF YOU CAN’T -- GOT TO DO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >> SIR --
>> SIR -- >> YOU HAVE TO STOP IT.
>> NOW THE POSSIBILITY SOME OF
THE STUDENTS WHO GET EXPELLED
FOR THE CONFRONTATION WITH YOU,
DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE
EXPELLED?
EXPELLED? >> I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE
EXPULSION.
EXPULSION. I THINK THE CHAPERONES SHOULD BE
FIRED.
FIRED. >> YOU SAW ADULT THERE IS?
>> NO.
>> NO. WHERE WERE THEY?
HOW DID THEY ALLOW THE STUDENTS
TO COME TO THIS POINT AFTER AN
HOUR OF THIS HAPPENING?
WERE THEY WITH THEM?
WERE THEY ENCOURAGING THEM?
>> NATHAN PHILLIPS, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YOU ARE A VETERAN OF THE VIETNAM
WAR.
WAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING