#Teacher mocks native american license#

In a statement posted onlineВ Sunday by CNN's Jake Tapper, the student seen in the stare-down with Phillips said his actions also were an attempt to defuse the situation. 'I wouldn't even wish ill will on those kids,' he said. Still, he expressed concern for the students.

#Teacher mocks native american license#

'They're just responding to a president that is giving license to racists and bigots who have no place in our society,' he said. Iron Eyes called the students behavior 'unfortunate and sad.' He said that they were following the example of President Trump. 'To have our elders who are closing out, you know, a beautiful day - one that started kind of chilly and cold, but the sun came out and joined us and blessed us - to have them go through that was a particularly egregious ordeal,' he said. Iron Eyes said Phillips attempted to defuse the situation by offering a song, вЂњtrying to get young people to listen,' and videoВ shows him walking over to the students while drumming.*В Iron Eyes called the AIM Song, associated with the 1970s American Indian Movement, a 'spiritual symbol,' saying the wordless melody 'is meant for all of us to sing.' Another student can be seen rolling a water bottle across the ground in the direction of the men.* One student removed his shirt as his companions yelled.

The students eventually responded by shouting school chants.

20) showed the demonstrators repeatedly yelling insults and curses at the students. In an interview with RNS, Iron Eyes said Phillips and several others were closing out the ceremonies of the Indigenous Peoples March by blessing the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial when they observed 30 or 40 teenaged boys engaged in a back-and-forth with a small group of black religious demonstrators.*ДЄnother videoВ widely shared on Sunday (Jan. We know this incident also has tainted the entire witness of the March for Life and express our most sincere apologies to all those who attended the March and all those who support the pro-life movement.'Д¬hase Iron Eyes, lead counsel for the Lakota Peoples Law Project and a spokesperson for the Indigenous Peoples Movement, witnessed the encounter. The matter is being investigated and we will take appropriate action, up to and including expulsion. This behavior is opposed to the Church's teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person. 'We condemn the actions of the Covington Catholic High School students towards Nathan Phillips specifically, and Native Americans in general, Jan 18., after the March for Life, in Washington, D.C.,' the statement read. They released a joint statement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington Saturday afternoon. 'You guys are acting like a mob!' one woman yells at the camera.Д¬ovington Catholic officials did not respond to multiple requests from Religion News Service for comment. But his companions appear to grow increasingly agitated as the crowd encircles them. The crowd then begins to laugh and shout as one young man, donning a Make America Great Again hat, stands in front of Phillips and stares, grinning.ДЄs the crowd continues to heckle and chant, Phillips stares back and continues to drum, seemingly unfazed. But the moment quickly turns confrontational as the mass begins mocking the elderly man by shouting a faux Native American chant used by the Atlanta Braves and other sports teams. In one of the videos, the young men clap along to the drumbeat of a man who Indian Country Today identified as Nathan Phillips, an Omaha elder*. Some of the young men wore hoodies that bore the logo of Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky. Most were young men who wore hats or shirts bearing Donald TrumpвЂ™s campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again.' Others wore clothing with references to the March for Life, an anti-abortion event convened on Friday (Jan. Several clips of the encounter circulating on social media show a small group of Native American drummers, who were in Washington for the Indigenous People's March, being surrounded by a much larger band of teenagers.