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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Archaeological excavations undertaken at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump provide clues as to the hunting practices of First Nations people at the time that bison wandered the plains in herds numbering in the thousands.

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