In particular, he cites Frank T'Seleie speaking in 1975 as Chief of the Fort Good Hope Dene Band, located along the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories.

"Whether or not your businessmen or your Government believes that a pipeline must go through our great valley, let me tell you, Mr Berger, and let me tell your nation, that this is Dene land and we the Dene people intend to decide what happens on our land... There will be no pipeline because we have our plans for our land. There will be no pipeline because we no longer intend to allow our land and our future to be taken away from us and that we are destroyed to make someone else rich. There will be no pipeline because we, the Dene people, are awakening to see the truth of the system of genocide that has been imposed on us and we will not go back to sleep."

— The End of This World by Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, and 3 others (Page 40 - 41)