Canadians came to know the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en, who were fighting in court to affirm ownership and jurisdiction over their traditional lands; the Haida, who were standing in the path of logging machines about to clear-cut their ancient forests; the Lubicon, who were blocking access to their lands by resource developers; and the Innu, who invaded a NATO air base to protest low-level fighter jet training over their lands and its impact on their hunting economy.11 By 1990, many non-Aboriginal people also opposed the agreement.
Nous continuons d'espérer que ce grand pays, que nous considérons comme le nôtre, aura le bon sens et la décence — non que je mette en doute sa décence — de reconnaître un jour, de mon vivant, nos droits et de fermer le cercle de la Confédération, car s'il ne le fait pas pendant ma génération, mon fils est derrière moi, prêt à reprendre la lutte contre vos fils et contre les fils de vos fils. Zebedee Nungak Inuit Committee on National Issues Source: