Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1: THE BUFFALO JUMP
Communal Buffalo Hunting
Not Just Any Cliff
The Site
The Cliff
How Long Have Buffalo Jumped?
Blood on the Rocks: The Story of Head Smashed-In
CHAPTER 2: THE BUFFALO
Is it Bison or Buffalo?
In Numbers, Numberless
Tricks of the Trade
The Fats of Life
CHAPTER 3: A YEAR IN THE LIFE
Calves
Mothers
Fathers
The Big Picture
Science and the Historic Record
The Seasonal Round
The Season of Buffalo Jumping
CHAPTER 4: THE KILLING FIELDS
Finding Bison
Drive Lanes
Points in Time
Ancient Knowledge
Back to the Drive Lanes
Deadmen
In Small Things Forgotten
CHAPTER 5: ROUNDING UP
The Spirit Sings
The Nose of the Buffalo
Fire this Time
Luring the Buffalo
Buffalo Runners
Lost Calves
Billy’s Stories
The End of the Drive
Of Illusions, Pickup Trucks, and Curves in the Road
CHAPTER 6: THE GREAT KILL
Leap of Faith
Overkill
Drop of Death
Bones on Fire
Let the Butchering Begin
Bison Hide as Insulator
Back to the Assembly Line
CHAPTER 7: COOKING UP THE SPOILS
The Processing Site
Day Fades to Night
Dried Goods
Grease is the Word
High Plains Cooking
Hazel Gets Slimed
Buffalo Chips
Hot Rocks
Time for a Roast
Where Are the Skulls?
Packing Up, Among the Bears
CHAPTER 8: GOING HOME
Buffalo Hides
Pemmican
Snow Falling on Cottonwoods
CHAPTER 9: THE END OF THE BUFFALO HUNT
The Skin of the Animal
The Last of the Buffalo Jumps
Rivers of Bones
Final Abandonment of Head-Smashed-In
CHAPTER 10: THE PAST BECOMES THE PRESENT
Beginnings
A Beer-Soaked Bar Napkin
Cranes on the Cliff
A Rubber Cliff
And a Rubber Dig
The Blackfoot Get Involved
Meeting with the Piikani
Joe Crowshoe
A Painted Skull
Where Are the Blood?
Hollywood North
Opening and Aftermath
Of Time and Tradition
EPILOGUE: JUST A SIMPLE STONE
Last Summer
A Thousand Years Ago
Three Months Later
Three Days Later
Sources to Notes
References Cited
Index