Gr 3-8 "Living Off The Land" - Buffalo Culture - Archaeology

Videoconference with a Native Blackfoot Guide in our Lodge at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site. Each program explores the Buffalo Hunting Culture of the Great Plains, adapted to suit each grade and age group. The program explores the tools and technology necessary for daily life a thousand years ago. Learn how the buffalo provided food, clothing, shelter, tools and even toys to families long ago.


The Blackfoot Guide is surrounded by items used in daily life a thousand years ago in the buffalo hunting culture of the Great Plains. The guide explains each item and through questions and answers compares life long ago to life today. There may be a Blackfoot song or Blackfoot Napi puppet used to share cultural stories and songs. There may be archaeological commentary and discussion with older groups.


The participants will:
- meet a Native Blackfoot Guide and learn a few simple Blackfoot words 
- learn about the buffalo hunting culture of the Great Plains, prior to european contact with North America
- learn about the tools and technology necessary for daily life long ago
- learn some Blackfoot cultural myths, stories or songs that grew out of the Buffalo Culture


Interactive Cost: $100.00


Program Flyer

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site

James Martin
james.martin@gov.ab.ca
PO Box 1977
Fort Macleod, Alberta  T0L0Z0
Canada
Phone: 403-553-2731
Fax: 403-553-3141