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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

The fatal cliffs of the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta. It was over these cliffs that hunters drove bison by the hundreds as part of the "factory" approach to hunting

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