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===Indigenous Peoples' March controversy===
On January 18, 2019, the school attracted international backlash after a group of students were
In one of several videos of the incident, a student wearing a Covington Catholic sweatshirt is seen standing in place as he is approached by [[Nathan Phillips (activist)|Nathan Phillips]], an [[Omaha people|Omaha]] elder and [[Vietnam War]] veteran who was playing the [[AIM Song]] on a [[Indigenous_music_of_North_America#Drums|ceremonial drum]]. Marcus Frejo, a member of the [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] and [[Seminole]] nations, observed students in Covington clothing doing the [[Haka]], a [[Māori people|Māori]] cultural dance, which he felt was an attempt to mock Phillips. He said that Covington students were taunted with racist and homophobic epithets from several black men in the area, who appeared in videos to be [[Black Hebrew Israelite]]s and openly hostile to both the white students and the indigenous marchers. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npX801xLSFY&feature=youtu.be</ref>
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