Canadian History

» Mary Trotter Kion - Buffalo

Excellent! Glad to see that, even though the white men finished off the buffalo, the Indians also had their part in doing so.
Thanks,
Mary Trotter Kion

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» Florence Cardinal - Buffalo

In response to Buffalo posted by lastword:

HI Mary,
Yes, that's true. The only difference is that the Indians killed the buffalo out of necessity - for food and other things they needed. The white man killed the buffalo for vanity and sport.

Florence

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» Jill Browne - Buffalo - Fort Calgary

In response to Buffalo posted by alberta7621:

I recently wrote an article about Fort Calgary for Accessible Travel on Suite101. (Fort Calgary is wonderfully accessible in case you were wondering).

Many of the school programs at Fort Calgary teach the children how fundamentally important the buffalo / bison was to the First Nations people.

All visitors can see the 9-minute video about Calgary's history, which poignantly describes the very rapid disappearance of the buffalo in the 1870s. When the buffalo went, so did a whole way of life, on a scale it's hard for us to comprehend today.

There is a real mother bison with calf on display inside the front door at Fort Calgary. Of course, they died a long time ago, but they look quite lifelike in the Fort museum. Lots of visitors wonder if these animals were killed on purpose to make the display. Fortunately the answer is NO.

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» Florence Cardinal - Buffalo - Fort Calgary

In response to Buffalo - Fort Calgary posted by jillbrowne:

I haven'te visited the Calgary display. Another place with a great display is Head-Smashed-In Buffalo jump.

Thanks for your reply.

Florence

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» Jill Browne - Buffalo - Fort Calgary

In response to Buffalo - Fort Calgary posted by alberta7621:

Thanks, Florence,

You've just reminded me that I should plan a trip to Head Smashed In this summer!

The place where I first realized the devastating impact that the near-extermination of buffalo had on the native people was at Fort Walsh, in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan.

Another great historic site worth a visit.

Cheers & thanks for the great items on Canadian history,

jill

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