Okanagan chiefs condemn UBC academics' petition against Indigenous land acknowledgement, viewing it as an erasure attempt.

The Okanagan Nation Alliance and Syilx Okanagan Nation chiefs condemn a group of four professors and one graduate student from the University of British Columbia for filing a petition against the university's Indigenous land acknowledgement. The petitioners argue the acknowledgement is politically motivated and not based on historical evidence. The chiefs view this as an attempt to erase their presence and rights.