A Video of Teenagers and a Native American Man Went Viral. Here’s What Happened. | NYT News

This image of a teen staring, down a Native American man went viral. Additional videos, posted online — and obtained by The Times — help show what happened. On Friday, Jan. 18, a group participating in the Indigenous Peoples March gathered at the Lincoln, Memorial in Washington. In this footage,. we see Nathan Phillips, the Native American. man who is seen drumming in the clip that spread online. Here, he was standing after. the march had concluded. “You are the children of Israel!” “That's right.” Nearby, five men, who, identify as Hebrew Israelites, are preaching. They are shouting inflammatory. and derogatory comments at the Native Americans — “You worship the creations. and not the creator.” — and at others passing by. “Why are you being an. ?” “I'm not being an. . You're —” “You're being an — You’re getting too close. You’re being an .” “You’re getting too close.” “You’re spreading hate. “You’re spreading hate.,

You’re spreading hate. You’re spreading hate.” Meanwhile, a group. of high school students is also gathering at the Lincoln Memorial. It was their meeting spot after attending the March for Life, an annual, anti-abortion rally. Then the group of self-described. Hebrew Israelites start to shout, at the students. “A bunch of incest babies! A bunch of babies, made out of incest!” The students, many. of whom are wearing “Make America, Great Again” apparel, start yelling and. chanting back at them. One takes off his shirt. “A bunch of Donald Trump, incest children.” At this point, we see Phillips, approaching the students playing a ceremonial drum. He later said he was trying. to defuse the situation between both groups. He walks to the. middle of the crowd. Some students make.

the tomahawk chop, a gesture that’s, considered offensive. Now here’s Nicholas Sandmann, the teen also caught, in the viral video. Phillips and Sandmann, stand in front of each other for several minutes. There is yet another back and forth, this time with a. Native American activist and the students. “So you want to make America great because for you. white people — go back to Europe where you came from.” “Because we —” “This is not your land.” “Yes, it is.” “No, it's not.” The whole interaction between, Phillips and the students lasts for about 10 minutes. By now the crowd. has dispersed. Sandmann gestures, to a friend, and moments later, he steps out. Phillips tries to. talk to the crowd. “Relatives! Let’s make America great. Let’s do that.”