Native American Activist Rejects Meeting with Covington Students

Nathan Phillips, center with glasses, and other Dakota Access Pipeline protesters march in North Dakota, on Feb. 22, 2017. Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File

The Native American, anti-President Donald Trump activist whose encounter with a group of high school students went viral rejected a meeting with the students following the Jan. 18 incident.

Cincinnati restaurateur Jeff Ruby invited Nathan Phillips, the activist, and students from Covington Catholic High School to “break bread and make amends” at one of his restaurants.