Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
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Key facts
- Location
- Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 near Fort Macleod , Alberta
- Area
- 73.29 km (28.30 sq mi)
- Governing body
- Alberta Culture
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- vi
- Designated
- 1981 (5th session )
- Country
- Canada
- Region
- North America
- Official name
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump National Historic Site of Canada
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Canada
- Area
- 3626
- Image
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump-27527-2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
- culture
- Blackfoot Confederacy
- native label
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
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Encyclopedic overview
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Blackfoot: Estipah-skikikini-kots) is a museum of Blackfoot culture 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada. The now disused buffalo jump is a UNESCO world heritage site in an area where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie.
Joe Crowshoe Sr. OC (1903–1999) – Aapohsoy’yiis (Weasel Tail) – a ceremonial elder of the Piikani Nation in southern Alberta, was instrumental in the development of the site. The Joe Crow Shoe Sr. Lodge is dedicated to his memory. He dedicated his life to preserving Aboriginal culture and promoting the relationship between Aboriginal and non-aboriginal people and in 1998 was awarded the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for "saving the knowledge and practices of the Blackfoot people."
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