I guess that one of the things is that most of the B.C. first nations have not signed treaties or given up resources in any agreements with the federal or provincial governments. A lot of our people feel that because of this, the resources still belong to the first nations. With both governments also claiming ownership of the resources, the federal and provincial laws conflict with our thoughts about aboriginal rights.
Further, the last couple of councils felt that there was a better way than fighting in the courts and having confrontations on the river. We felt that neither side is going to be leaving their country, so we have to start negotiating for a better path for all of us.
We have made positive steps in the right direction on both sides, and there will probably still be a few more struggles in the future. But if the government realizes that rather than having unilateral decisions from Ottawa, they go back to our first nations and work with our first nations people to try to create solutions that will be better for everybody, I think we could all advance in a good way.