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  Five different band councils elected by the Wet’suwet’en people negotiated with the government and a pipeline company in British Columbia. All of them agreed to a project plan that will create hundreds of jobs and economic opportunity for their communities.
   Then, some Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs vetoed the agreement. Chaos ensued.
   If band councils had authority to negotiate on behalf of their people, where are they now? Why are they not speaking out against those robbing them of their legitimacy? If the councils were not authorized to negotiate, why did the people stand silent as it happened?