Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Native name Estipah-skikikini-kots / Áístipahskikikínikots (Blackfoot)
The cliffs at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Location	Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 near Fort Macleod Alberta
Coordinates	49°44′58″N 113°37′30″W / 49.74944°N 113.62500°W / 49.74944; -113.62500
Area	73.29 square kilometres (28.30 sq mi)
Founded	1955
Governing body	Alberta Community Development
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	vi
Designated	1981 (5th session)
Reference no.	158
Country	Canada
Region	North America
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1968
Alberta Historic Resources Act
Type	Provincial Historic Site
Designated	1979
Location of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump is a buffalo jump 18 km (11 mi) west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada, on Highway 785. The site is in an area where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of a museum of Blackfoot culture.

Joe Crowshoe Sr. OC (1903–1999) – Aapohsoy’yiis (Weasel Tail) – a ceremonial Elder of the Piikani Nation in southern Alberta, was instrumental in the development of the site. The Joe Crow Shoe Sr. Lodge is dedicated to his memory. He dedicated his life to preserving Aboriginal culture and promoting the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and in 1998 was awarded the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for "saving the knowledge and practices of the Blackfoot people."^[1]