Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: The story behind the site | APTN News

[@mahmatawisiwinsokaw5980]

I remember going there a lot as a kid. There’s something about being there and it’s almost magical or like you can feel the pure spirit of the people who used that place to hunt Buffalo

[@eyemjo]

No you can’t bro what do you even mean 💀

[@erikpeterson25]

Thank you for this....I have read about thus practice by native peoples but this is the the first video of a jump I have seen. The wide open plains are impressive to see. 👍

[@atheistapostate7019]

The video does it no justice compared to being there and seeing for yourself.

[@freemason4979]

The whole animal was only used in lean times. In fat years, sometimes whole heards were slaughtered only for the tongues of unborn calves.

[@claudialegarde856]

Awesome! Heard about the Buffalo jump .

[@needsbeer]

I love historical items about our culture.

[@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr]

Wow. Heavy duty. We need more sites like these.

[@daleparker4207]

Very informative video

[@negambeymuksingkali1489]

i love this story Moor, good work

[@geester2123]

Now there is skill. Running them off a hill.

[@MonsterMan18.1]

Without a doubt by far the most skilled hunters to ever walk this planet, but even they sought easy ways to do it!

[@geester2123]

@@MonsterMan18.1 Yup. Lotta skill there

[@MonsterMan18.1]

Exactly, TOO MUCH skill, beyond skilled. But fortunately skill wasn't needed here! 👍

[@atheistapostate7019]

I visited there yesterday, and according to one guide, a current dig exposed evidence dating back to over 9,000 years now.

[@stewsock]

I'm surprised that Canada news has an open mic to give people a voice, show comments, this is Great KZbin 👍🏼 Atchaa ✊🏽✊🏽

[@walidjaballah9005]

So you compare the pyramids to pushing a weird cow to a cliff?

[@rkroll17]

Just to reference time scale

[@NaturallyCreeAtiveDOTca]

🙏

[@Smitty-tc4ni]

Lewis and Clark give an account of the Blackfoot pushing entire herds over this cliff! Most animals where never butchered as there where to many! They state that this would contribute to the demise of the Buffalo. Sorry if the truth is not as romantic as you are thought in school but there was massive waste but it was a way of feeding people.

[@somebuddyX]

I'm really not sure what I was expecting from the name

[@timdickens5817]

So... what's with the name?

[@mishchayt]

the name of the site? it's called "head smashed in" because the buffalo would fly off the cliff, land on their heads, and their heads would be smashed in

[@robertcampbell8070]

​@@mishchaytInterestingly, according to the legend, that's not the reason for the name. The legend says that a young man wanted to watch the buffalo go over the jump from the bottom, but was buried under the mass of buffalo. When he was found, his head had been smashed.

[@Kyle-it2kq]

@@robertcampbell8070 an indigenous guy came into my grade 3 classroom and taught us about this amazing place and that was the exact story he told us pretty much. very interesting!

[@j.m.8193]

They cleaned 200 Buffalo before the meat rotted?

[@robertcampbell8070]

If you've got enough people, sure.

[@blackforehead]

The clans back then were in the hundred of thousands, this was way before this continent was discovered like 7000 years ago

[@getoffmeow]

there were cycles of feast and famine. sometimes they would leave tons of meat to rot, sometimes they would use every bit, it's a practice that occurred over thousands of years, so there's gonna be a lot of variation.

[@vireaknou8835]

@@blackforehead​​⁠what do you mean by”Before this continent was discovered”? You mean before the European discovers the continent right? The native american discovered and live there for thousands of years already.

[@keim3548]

Ever heard of winter?

[@mariteslauk9144]

I want to see the return of harvesting buffalo jumping off cliffs

[@whereisbrandy]

Before the pyramids!

[@dprfail]

reported for animal cruelty

[@robertcoleman4861]

POOR BUFFS.🦬🦬🦬🦬🦬😥