Examples of 'buffalo jump' in a sentence

Meaning of "buffalo jump"

A buffalo jump is a historical hunting technique used by Native Americans, specifically Plains Indians. It involved driving a herd of buffalo off a steep cliff or ledge, resulting in their death or injury. This method allowed for mass harvesting of buffalo meat, hides, and other resources
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  • A cliff over which buffalo were herded as a means of hunting them.

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A single buffalo jump could decimate a herd.
The area was used as a buffalo jump.
The buffalo jump was one of the most common ways.
The great buffalo jump.
The buffalo jump is now an archaeological site and a small tourist attraction.
The museum is the starting point for tours of a nearby buffalo jump site.
Buffalo jump sites yield significant archaeological evidence because processing sites and camps were always nearby.
The Blackfoot people used this buffalo jump until the middle of the last century.
Archaeologist Jack Brink is talking about the Áísínai'pi site and hunting techniques at Buffalo Jump.
Ulm Pishkun Buffalo Jump is likely the largest buffalo jump in the world.
Head-Smashed-In is one of the oldest and best preserved buffalo jump sites in North America.
The First Peoples Buffalo Jump has been a source of cultural inspiration as well.
It has been suggested that across the river from " outfall " is a buffalo jump.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump represents a communal way of hunting that was used for millennia.
There is now a permanent exhibition at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.

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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is one of the oldest and best-preserved buffalo jumps.
Chamber music at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
In a nutshell, the Buffalo Jump preserves and interprets over 6,000 years of Plains Buffalo culture.
There is a place in Alberta called Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
Among Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump First Nations alone, there are more than?? languages.

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Examples of using Jump
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