I am concluding but I would ask if he was referring Skookum Jim, one of the discoverers of gold. Perhaps he was referring to the Yukon chiefs, the aboriginal lawyers, aboriginal nurses, miners, truckers, farmers, teachers, board members, clerks, secretaries, businessmen, businesswomen, writers, artists, trappers, mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers.
In the House of Commons on June 10th, 1994. See this statement in context.