and non-status. This is where it came to be the two organizations: Native Brotherhood and YANSI. At first I was involved with YANSI on a voluntary basis but later these organizations developed jobs."

"When I was young I remember Joe Jacquot, Johnny Johns and Elijah Smith walking the halls of what used to be Coudert Residence (formerly, the Council for Yukon Indians building) and talking about all the stuff they needed to do, and people didn't think it would become a reality because we were just stupid Indians."

"Elijah (Smith) told Mike Smith and Dave Joe that they had to go to university and become lawyers because we needed them to help with the land claims, so they did."

Beverly Sembsmoen, of the Daklaweidi clan, daughter of Shirley Lindstrom and granddaughter of Peter and Agnes Johns has been involved at the negotiation table for a long time. (Heather Jones collection)