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Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre
Category: Arts & Entertainment Museums Museums [Edit]
Hwy 785Division No. 3, AB T0L 0Z0
(403) 553-2731
- Good for Kids:
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2 reviews for Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre
2 reviews in English
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Review from Erin D.
11/7/2011 1 Check-in Here
This is a must-see Alberta treasure. I have lived in Calgary my entire life and have never paid a visit. I was so glad to have done so several weeks ago as this is a beautiful place to see and would be a wonderful place to take visitors from out of town.
It evoked a strange mix of emotions throughout my time there, it felt incredibly powerful and serene and at the same time incredibly sad. The displays definitely encourage you to reflect on human beings destruction of our earth and of our disrespect and disregard of Aboriginal culture in Canada. The walk out to the site itself is stunningly beautiful and an incredible place to stand and look over the Alberta plains.
The centre is also staff by incredibly kind and engaging staff members who openly demonstrate their love of the site which was wonderful to be exposed to.
Enjoy!
7/30 -
Review from corey G.
10/7/2009 9 photos
It had been years/decades since I had been to Head Smashed In. During a trip northward to the homeland (Siksika Nation), I intentionally made plans for a tiny side trip: I mean someone needed to Yelp this place, yes?
Just adjacent to the Blackfoot Confederacy's Peigan Rez (near Brocket, AB), is the Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre. This is a world class museum offering insight into a significant to the past of the Blackfoot people.
It is a bit gory, but buffalo jump is basically what it sounds like. This is where buffalo offered themselves for food, clothing, shelter, tools, and so many other things to the Blackfoot people. In another time, Buffalo roamed the northern plains in epic numbers, and when conditions were right some of these buffalo were hunted utilizing a buffalo jump. This was all done long ago...without horses.
This spot is rich in archaeological finds, this is why an Interpretive Centre was built. This museum is so cool. While driving along the plains near the southern Alberta Rockies, the museum sneaks up on you among the foothills. Architecturally, the museum is magnificent. It blends right into the cliff on the prairie. It looks small and hidden. In actuality the museum is huge, and is built into the cliff and stairs itself up the cliffside.
Inside, you have a couple of theaters showing films about the buffalo jump, a gift shop, a restaurant, and a world class museum. The museum is huge. It is tiered, and every level goes over a different part of history related to the Blackfoot and the buffalo jump.
Outside are trails offering magnificent views of the plains, and vista point which is where the actual buffalo jump is.
If you are ever in southern Alberta, make plans to see this Blackfoot/Peigan treasure.
