They included Jenny Munro,Lyall Munro and Fred Hooper,from NSW,and Lidia Thorpe from Victoria. They declared that sovereign treaties,not a referendum,were needed.
Northern Land Council chairman Joe Morrison described the walkout as a hurdle that was always going to have to be faced,but not a"show-stopper".
"It was always going to be an ambitious conversation,"said Mr Morrison,whose council has supported constitutional recognition"alongside work looking at treaty-making and a conversation about a final settlement".