Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
专有名词
英文释义
专有名词
- A cliff in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta which is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
词源
Calque of Blackfoot Áístsipakihkínihkoohtsi (literally “place where many were striking the head onto”).
Etymology notes
The source word in Blackfoot either refers to the millenia-old practice of buffalo hunting — made possible by sending the animal in large herds down a cliff — or to the oral tale of how the buffalo jump got its name.
According to the University of Calgary, 150 years ago, a young Blackfoot man wanted to see the fall of the buffalo from below, but the hunt was so successful that day that he would end up buried down the corpses. When their relatives digged to take food back home, they have found his body, with his head smashed.
Etymology notes
The source word in Blackfoot either refers to the millenia-old practice of buffalo hunting — made possible by sending the animal in large herds down a cliff — or to the oral tale of how the buffalo jump got its name.
According to the University of Calgary, 150 years ago, a young Blackfoot man wanted to see the fall of the buffalo from below, but the hunt was so successful that day that he would end up buried down the corpses. When their relatives digged to take food back home, they have found his body, with his head smashed.
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