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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Center

It is known around the world as a testimony of prehistoric life. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump bears witness to a custom practiced by native people of the North American plains for nearly 6000 years. The Plains Indians stampeded herds of buffalo over sandstone cliffs to their deaths. There is a seven-story interpretive center which has displays about the ecology, history and culture of the Plains Indians.

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Location	on Hwy 785 Fort Macleod Alberta T0L 0Z0
Phone	403-553-2731
Fax	403-553-3141
Email	nfo@head-smashed-in.com
Website	http://www.head-smashed-in.com Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump bears witness to a custom practiced by native people of the North American plains for nearly 6000 years. Thanks to their excellent understanding of topography and of bison behavior, they killed bison by chasing them over a precipice and subsequently carving up the carcasses in the camp below. In 1981, the United ...