the omaha tribe elder comes in. he is no stranger to conflict. he protested with thousands of others at standing rock against the.com access pipeline. philip had just attended the indigenous people s march and said he thought things were getting out of hand. so he tried to use his native american music to quell the tension. there was this young group of young students that came there and were offended by their speech and it escalated. alan: an ugly situation that i found myself in the middle of. reporter: the kids danced and began chanting, some do a tomahawk alcohol something the native american community find offensive. philips moves around the group, beating his drum, soon comes face to face with sand men. i believe by remaining motionless and calm, i was helping to diffuse the situation.