{"id":56942,"date":"2019-01-20T19:17:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T19:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/20\/students-seen-mocking-native-americans-could-face-expulsion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:13:20","slug":"students-seen-mocking-native-americans-could-face-expulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2019\/01\/20\/students-seen-mocking-native-americans-could-face-expulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"Students seen mocking Native Americans could face expulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FRANKFORT, Ky. \u2014 Students at a Kentucky Catholic school who were involved in a video showing them mocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2017\/11\/25\/to-native-americans-honoring-flag-might-mean-a-different-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\">Native Americans <\/a>outside the Lincoln Memorial after a Washington rally could potentially face expulsion, according to the diocese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"http:\/\/ccky.org\/2019\/01\/statement-on-the-actions-of-covington-catholic-high-school-students\/\" target=_blank>joint statement<\/a>, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School apologized and said they are investigating and will take \u201cappropriate action, up to and including expulsion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Indigenous Peoples March in Washington on Friday coincided with the March for Life, which drew thousands of anti-abortion protesters, including a group from Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2017\/11\/25\/to-native-americans-honoring-flag-might-mean-a-different-anthem\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17307672463665.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">To Native Americans, honoring flag might mean a different anthem<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">As debate rages about \u201ctaking a knee\u201d during the national anthem, the ethnic group with the highest military-service rate has a unique take on the issue.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Videos circulating online show a youth staring at and standing extremely close to Nathan Phillips, a 64-year-old Native American man singing and playing a drum. Other students, some wearing Covington clothing and many wearing &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; hats and sweat shirts, surrounded them, chanting, laughing and jeering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We extend our deepest apologies to Mr. Phillips,&#8221; the diocese statement read. &#8220;This behavior is opposed to the Church&#8217;s teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19019700481702.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19019700481702.jpg.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19019700481702.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19019700481702.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19019700481702.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19019700481702.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A police car sits in front of Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., Saturday, Jan 19, 2019. A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from the Catholic boys&#8217; high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial on Friday after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo\/Bryan Woolston)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the \u201cIndian Country Today\u201d website, Phillips is an Omaha elder and Vietnam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/10\/21\/native-american-marine-vet-considered-a-homeland-hero\/\" target=_blank>veteran<\/a> who holds an annual ceremony honoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/06\/27\/first-national-native-american-veterans-memorial-will-follow-marine-vets-design\/\" target=_blank>Native American veterans <\/a>at Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marcus Frejo, a member of the Pawnee and Seminole tribes who is also known as Chief Quese Imc, said he had been a part of the march and was among a small group of people remaining after the rally when the boisterous students began chanting slogans such as &#8220;make America great&#8221; and then began doing the haka, a traditional Maori dance. In a phone interview, Frejo told The Associated Press he felt they were mocking the dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/06\/27\/first-national-native-american-veterans-memorial-will-follow-marine-vets-design\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pratt-_el_2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">First National Native American Veterans Memorial will follow Marine vet\u2019s design<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The memorial is slated to open in late 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One 11-minute video of the confrontation shows the Haka dance and students loudly chanting before Phillips and Frejo approached them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frejo said he joined Phillips to defuse the situation, singing the anthem from the American Indian Movement with both men beating out the tempo on hand drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although he feared a mob mentality that could turn ugly, Frejo said he was at peace singing despite the scorn. He briefly felt something special happen as they repeatedly sang the tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They went from mocking us and laughing at us to singing with us. I heard it three times,&#8221; Frejo said. &#8220;That spirit moved through us, that drum, and it slowly started to move through some of those youths.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eventually a calm fell over the group of students and they broke up and walked away.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2017\/11\/28\/trump-gets-blowback-for-his-pocahontas-jab-at-navajo-event\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17331720102830.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump gets blowback for his &#8216;Pocahontas&#8217; jab at Navajo Code Talkers event<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Families of Native American war veterans and politicians of both major parties are criticizing President Donald Trump for using a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers to take a political jab at a Democratic senator he has nicknamed \u201cPocahontas.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The videos prompted a torrent of outrage online. 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