KELOWNA–“While many of the world’s natural resources are found in Indigenous people’s territories, there continues to be a basic violation of their rights while others access and harvest these resources.”
This, from the United Nations special rapporteur on Indigenous rights, who is in the Okanagan for a couple of days.
“It’s basically to talk about my mandate as UN special rapporteur on indigenous people’s rights and how this links with the world of indigenous people,” Victoria Tauli-Corpuz explains about her visit.
Tauli-Corpuz has released reports on the situation of indigenous people in Canada as well as Panama and Peru. She says similar problems exist, such as discrimination, violations of land and territorial rights, and violence, especially against women.
Tauli-Corpuz is giving a couple of lectures in the Okanagan before meeting with First Nations representatives on the Westbank First Nation Tuesday afternoon.
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