Land titling and amendments to the Amerindian Act of 2006 are two of the topics that will be up for discussion at this year’s National Toshaos Conference, Chairman of the National Toshaos’ Council Joel Fredericks said yesterday.
An annual event, this year’s conference will be held under the theme ‘Guyana’s First Peoples, Preserving our Culture and Land for Life’ and is set to commence on Monday at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, at Liliendaal.
Running for five days, the conference will see 216 indigenous leaders from various communities across the country coming together to discuss issues affecting the local indigenous population; leaders would also have the opportunity to recommend solutions.
Speaking at a press conference held in the Minis-try of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Boardroom yesterday, Fredericks pointed out that because indigenous people live in communities in Guyana’s vast hinterland they face different issues and challenges.
