Main Sign of Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump, photo by William L Baliko
On June 18th, the Heads Smashed In Buffalo Jump Heritage Site, which is located within the territory of the Piikani Nation, launched a new exhibit that is more than an expansion, as it marks a renewed partnership between the Canadian Museum of History and the site.
Declared a United Nations World Heritage Site in 1981, Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump has been sharing the history and culture of the Blackfoot people for 44 years.
With over six thousand years of human activity around the site, which averages around sixty-five thousand visitors per year, the site shows the evolution of the Piikani people.
A major element of the renewed partnership between the Canadian Museum of History and Head Smashed In is that it will bring greater programming to the site as it tells the true history of the land.
Piikani Chief Troy Bossman Knowlton elaborates on that evolution and how it separates myths and truths of First Nations people.
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