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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
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
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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