If any news media outlet did some research and interviewed the band councils in these communities they would find out that there were no democratic referendums carried out to get a consensus from the  actual members. These councils have mandates to "negotiate" not make the decisions for us. The referendums would have to include each and every eligible voter in each and every community. Ask them to produce the results see what answer you get.  There is no such thing as "consultation" or "consent", not "in good faith" anyway. 

Furthermore, our community meetings are no more than government and resource extraction propaganda sessions, regurgitating whatever the corporations and government pay the councils to put forward. In our community the council has been infiltrated by government consultants and corporate lawyers. For instance in our community the council pays Roger Harris - Ex Liberal MLA and Ex Enbridge Lobbyist millions of dollars to sell us out. Christy Clark style governing.