The Wik Decision was a decision that the Australian High Court had made in December 1996, following a case brought by the Wik people of Cape York in North Queensland. The court had decided that indigenous people who can prove a connection to the land may have rights to hold ceremonies and perform other traditional activities - as long as they don't interfere with the pastoralists' legitimate activities. It has been stated by Denny Bowenda that he and many other Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders “don’t want to keep people off our land. We want to share… they are not our enemies.” (Pearson Australia,
