https://this.org/2014/06/09/our-home-and-golden-land/

Not everybody in the Matawa has been equally enthusiastic about the so-called “opening up” of the area governed by Treaty 9, signed in 1905-06 with the Crown. The “for” and “against” camps are typically divided into those older or younger than 50, says Matawa CEO David Paul Achneepineskum. People in the older age bracket are primarily concerned with the health of their land, lakes, and rivers and are keen to keep them pollution-free

This is my experiance...Also in the past the thought of a road meant that outsiders would come and tramp the land and take the animals that was the food of the First Nations