UN Declaration upholds legitimacy of hereditary chiefs at the Unist'ot'en camp

On January 7, the RCMP forcibly broke up a checkpoint on the road leading to the Unist’ot’en camp near Houston following an injunction sought by Coastal GasLink. The camp and the checkpoint had been set up to protect the territory from further oil and gas development. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which has been supported by both the provincial and federal government, has several articles that support the actions of the hereditary chiefs on their territories. We speak ... Maggiori informazioni with Kekinusuqs Judith Sayers, president of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council, and adjunct professor at the University of Victoria in business and environmental studies.