Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

English

Etymology

Calque of Blackfoot Estipah-skikikini-kots. From being a location where Blackfoot hunters would send bison to fall off a cliff, dying in large numbers, and collect their dead prey.

Proper noun

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

1. A cliff in the Rocky Mountains of the province of Alberta in Canada; that is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Synonyms

• Head-Smashed-In (short form)

Hypernyms

• buffalo jump

Translations

Translations

• Blackfoot: Estipah-skikikini-kots