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With con­tro­ver­sy sur­round­ing the erec­tion of a stat­ue de­pict­ing one of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­dige­nous peo­ples at King's Wharf, San Fer­nan­do, Grand Chief Er­ic Lewis of the First Na­tives Sov­er­eign Na­tion, says it would be bet­ter to mod­i­fy or re­place it.

Grand Chief Lewis and Ch­agua­nas Chief Camil­lus Se­bala in­spect­ed the stat­ue, which is lo­cat­ed along La­dy Hailes Av­enue, and con­clud­ed that it does not ac­cu­rate­ly rep­re­sent any of the tribes.

He said while he ap­pre­ci­ates the de­ci­sion to in­clude First Peo­ples' rep­re­sen­ta­tion in the re­de­vel­op­ment of the San Fer­nan­do Wa­ter­front, he be­lieves there should have been prop­er re­search and con­sul­ta­tion.