”Old Woman’s Buffalo Jump
STEVE JONES, 1990
The Old Women’s buffalo jump (“Old” refers to the age of the jump) is located 13 km
south of High River. It was discovered during a flash flood in 1952. Excavations in
1958/59 revealed bones and artifacts more than 2000 years old. Before the Plains
tribes had horses and guns, they would run herds of buffalo off steep cliffs. Warriors
would wait below with arrows, knives and clubs to kill any animals that survived the fall.”
Source: High River Murals Walking Tour
THE OLD WOMEN’S BUFFALO JUMP
Artist: Steve Jones
1990
The Buffalo Jump lying within the Squaw Coulee was discovered in 1952 when a flash flood bared the rocks, bones and arrowheads. The legend tells of Indian men and women living separately in different camps. The women constructed fences that funneled out from a rocky point overhanging the cliff and they hid behind them until the buffalo wandered into the area. They would leap up, yelling and drive the animals over the side of coulee to their deaths.
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