Although the process was seen as overly long, it is amazing that the agreement ultimately reached was accomplished in such a short time. The negotiations process itself encompassed or was encompassed by many major social and political changes that were taking place at the local, territorial, and national levels. Some of these included the constitutional development of the Yukon Territory and the changing social and political identity of First Nations people and groups in Canada and throughout the world. While early estimates put the length of time needed to negotiate an agreement at 2 or 3 years, there were tentative agreements reached a number of times, which ultimately fell through because they could not be readily accepted by the majority of Yukon First Nations people