Nov 7, 2016 · Evidence of high elevation camps utilized by Native Americans thousands of years ago have been unearthed in the Wind River Mountains.

Feb 23, 2024 · The Wiggins Fork Bison Jumps Complex is a high-elevation area in the Absaroka Mountains where different Indigenous tribes worked with and enhanced the landscape’s topography to drive bison off cliffs for harvesting.

A buffalo jump, or sometimes bison jump, is a cliff formation that Indigenous peoples of North America historically used to hunt and kill plains bison in mass quantities. The broader term game jump refers to a man-made jump or cliff used for hunting other game , such as reindeer .

Nov 2, 2016 · DUBOIS, WYOMING— The Casper Star Tribune reports that archaeologist Todd Guenther and his students from Central Wyoming College found a possible buffalo jump site in the Wind River Range of the...

Aug 9, 2007 · But then, at the top of the state, where harsh winds blow away deep snow and temperatures are often frigid, they discovered something none of them expected: a bison jump. More specifically, the highest elevation bison jump ever recorded in North America.

Ulm Pishkun Buffalo Jump is likely the largest buffalo jump in the world. It was used by the Native Americans in the area between 900 and 1500 AD. The cliffs themselves stretch for more than a mile and the site below has compacted bison bones nearly 13 feet (4.0 m) deep.

Feb 22, 2024 · The Wiggins Fork Bison Jumps Complex is a high-elevation area in the Absaroka Mountains where different Indigenous tribes worked with and enhanced the landscape’s topography to drive bison off cliffs for harvesting.

Nov 1, 2016 · An archaeological field school from Central Wyoming College surveys the top of a recently discovered bison jump in the Wind River Range. It is the highest recorded bison jump in North America.

The Casper Star-Tribune posted an article reporting that an archaeology field school from Central Wyoming College recently discovered a bison jump near Dinwoody Glacier in the Wind River Mountain Range.

Sep 9, 2022 · Steamboat Mountain, high above the desert floor at an elevation of 8,683 feet, is the location of a buffalo jump and a trap used by the early Plains hunters. This remote area was once the home to nomadic people following the ever moving herds of wildlife.