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Contents

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

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