Grand Chief Edward John

BC treaty advocate elected Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Sun, 2012-06-10

The 11th Session of the top forum for indigenous peoples in the world began with a lurch. The sixteen-member Forum elected, by acclamation, Grand Chief Edward John to be their Chair.  The announcement was made during a preliminary meeting, May 6, 2012, before the two week meeting in New York City.