Native American Activist Nathan Phillips Lied About Being Vietnam Veteran

Nathan Phillips (C), with other protesters near the main opposition camp against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Feb. 22, 2017. Teray Sylvester/Reuters

The Native American activist who got in the face of a Kentucky high school student in Washington on Jan. 18 and lied about what happened during the incident also lied about serving in the Vietnam War.

“I’m a Vietnam Vet,” Nathan Phillips said in a video published on Jan. 8, 2018.