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Bad Rock Canyon is a river canyon lying 2.64 miles (4.25 km) east of Columbia Falls, Montana. The Flathead River, flanked by U.S. Highway 2, flows through the canyon [1] and enters Montana's Flathead Valley. [2] Rock slides occur frequently along the northern side of the BNSF Railway tracks that run through the canyon.
Métis buffalo hunting began on the North American plains in the late 1700s [1] and continued until 1878. [2] The great buffalo hunts were subsistence, political, economic, and military operations [3] for Métis families and communities living in the region. [4] At the height of the buffalo hunt era, there were two major hunt seasons: summer ...
Anzick Site 01 A Google Earth Image modified to indicate the town of Wilsall, Montana as well as the Ansick site. The first systematic excavation of the site was performed under the direction of Dr. Dee C. Taylor of the University of Montana in 1968. Dr. Taylor published his findings in 1969.
Jean Baptiste Wilkie (c. 1803–1886) was a Métis warrior, buffalo hunter and chief from the area of Pembina, North Dakota. Wilkie's father, Alexander, was of Scottish origin and his mother was a Chippewa named Mezhekamkijkok. In the mid-1820s, he operated a horse ranch on the Red River in an area now known as St. Vital, Manitoba. During this ...
Location: Gallatin County, Montana, United States: Nearest town: Logan, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 638 acres (258 ha) [2]: Elevation: 4,554 ft (1,388 m) [1]: Designation: Montana state park: Established: 1966 [3]: Named for: A buffalo jump in the Madison River valley: Visitors: 35,466 (in 2023) [4]: Administrator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Website: Madison Buffalo Jump State Park ...
The area was used as a buffalo jump. The site, also known as Wahkpa Chu'gn has yielded artifacts from three Native American groups. [ 3 ] Between 2000–1500 years ago, the site was inhabited by the Besent peoples, followed about 200–300 years later by the Avonlea peoples for a brief period of time, and lastly by the Saddle Butte peoples who ...
Location: Cascade County, Montana, United States: Nearest city: Great Falls, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,481 acres (5.99 km 2): Elevation: 3,773 ft (1,150 m) [1]: Designation: Montana state park: Established: 1972 [2]: Named for: A buffalo jump and the First Peoples of Montana: Visitors: 34,195 (in 2023) [3]: Administrator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Website: First Peoples Buffalo ...
Prior to the introduction of the bow and arrow, bison hunting was typically carried out with an atlatl. [37] Depiction of a Blackfoot piskun, in which a buffalo herd is guided into a corralled buffalo jump. The contemporary glaciated landscape provided plenty of water sources and grasslands; vast buffalo herds flourished at this time. Several ...