(from the Internet) A buffalo jump was a cliff or steep bank over which herds of buffalo were driven to their deaths. Native Americans then carved up the valuable carcasses for food, and skinned the animals for their hides and fur. This sign tells about the site we visited.
This is an overview of the site. Each of the buildings shown have several layers of buffalo bones. The areas they butchered as well as where they cooked.
This depicts the hill and how the kill was done. It was a wide spread area and there are many all over the area where the buffalo herds and Native Americans existed together.
This is one of the pits in the buildings. It shows the layers of bones and the area without bones is thought to be about a 600 year span that it was not used. Then another group would use it.
This is a list of what the parts were used for. It was said that the Native Americans did not kill unless they needed it for their lively hood. They wasted nothing and had to carry everything they took by hand or on horse.
This is an overview of the site. Each of the buildings shown have several layers of buffalo bones. The areas they butchered as well as where they cooked.
This depicts the hill and how the kill was done. It was a wide spread area and there are many all over the area where the buffalo herds and Native Americans existed together.
This is one of the pits in the buildings. It shows the layers of bones and the area without bones is thought to be about a 600 year span that it was not used. Then another group would use it.
This is a list of what the parts were used for. It was said that the Native Americans did not kill unless they needed it for their lively hood. They wasted nothing and had to carry everything they took by hand or on horse.
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