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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, AB: Historylands Season 1

This title is a part of the series HistoryLands Season 1 (13)


Catalogue Number:  GEHL01
Producer:  Good Earth Productions
Producing Agencies:  Good Earth Productions
Subject:  Canadian Geography, Canadian History, First Nations Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  1998
Running Time:  22:13


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At Head-Smashed-In, the Blackfoot people share thousands of years of cultural heritage with the rest of the world. For the Blackfoot people, the buffalo was a vital component in sustaining life. Virtually every part of the animal served a function; providing food, clothing, shelter, utensils and tools. A successful hunt could mean the difference between life and death. To assure victory, the hunters devised a complex system of herding buffalo to a pre-destined place where they would be tricked into stampeding over a cliff. Developed more than eight thousand years ago, the “buffalo jump” was still in use as recently as the 1870's. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, in southern Alberta, is the largest, oldest, and best preserved example in the world.

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