Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump |
Saturday Dec 29 2007
There’s a place near Fort McLeod in Alberta that goes by this odd name…the Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump world heritage site …where the indigenous peoples used to lead the buffalo to jump off a cliff. A place where there’s a very finite line between life and death…and where life comes from death. You see, for thousands of years, the native people would use this natural geographical formation to ‘harvest’ these wild animals and feed their tribes each winter. I’m remembering this place today because I’ve been reminded—not so subtly by being in a car accident—that life is the dash between birth and death.[Read More]