Lots of people just making things up for the sake of
posturing....
Over 120,000 Treaty card holders in Alberta and some think that there are only 2-3000 hunters among them.... Lets also forget about Non-Albertan treaty holders that come here to hunt....
Native people are the fastest growing segment of Canadian society.... 2-3000 hunters and dropping?
Of the several Nations that I work with in Southern Alberta they all average about 15% active hunters in the populace, and the percentage is rising as many of the young men are getting caught up in the internet/tv hunting propaganda and want to participate too.
Historically aboriginal harvest could have resulted in the whole animal being used, or for just some of the meat, or sometimes just for the hide. Whatever was needed at the time and could be utilized. Very often a buffalo jump could produce many more dead buffalo than what could be processed before they rotted. Not passing judgement here, this is simply how it was....
The Plains Bison took much longer than just one year to extirpate from Alberta. Woods Bison were never hunted out. BTW, most of the killing was done by Metis and Natives.
One of these days someone will actually have the balls to take a picture of these often seen reefer filling hunts.
