With regard to the rest of the answer, I believe that in 1975, between the Cree and the Inuit, the amount of waterfowl or migratory birds that were taken was something in the order of 120,000 birds. As far as the Cree are concerned, I think we are nowhere near that today, particularly in the fall.
We were recently reminded by the elders before we left that one of the main staples of feasts and celebrations was geese, and we don't do that anymore. There are no more geese being shared in the communities, in community feasts and at community events, even with the elderly and those who cannot hunt for themselves.
I think at one point back in the mid- or early 1970s we had an abundance of geese, so much so that I think we even supplied geese from Chisasibi to a dinner here in Ottawa when the Queen came. I think that was when Mr. Trudeau was the Prime Minister. That's how many geese we had; we were able to share with the rest of Canada, even the Europeans, and nowadays we don't have that many anymore.