Talk:Buffalo jump

message: I'm no expert on the topic and have no business editing this page, but I can certainly point out a route to improvement or two...
* The following two quotes seem to contradict eachother:
"Every part of the bison was used by the tribes who hunted them" ; "the site below has compacted bison bones nearly 13 feet deep."
* Also there is a list of notable buffalo jumps, many of which have their own articles, but there is also a subheading for "Ulm Pishkun Buffalo Jump" (which does not have its own article and could probably be expanded on either way).
If I find some good sources maybe I'll add some information on Ulm Pishkun and move it to its own article (with a link from here, of course), but currently I can only point out where improvement seems necessary, not sure the best way to do it - that is, I don't know enough of the facts to sort out the seeming contradiction between the above quotes and I can't exactly add any reliable facts to Ulm Pishkun, but someone probably should...
--Curien1000 (talk) 07:03, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Made an effort at clarifying this on the main page. I think this info is widely known but I don't have any direct references. Engr105th (talk) 08:14, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: @Puddytang: I see your point. But under the Wiki article "Animal Glue" (History section; Reemergence para) it says "Native Americans would use hoof glue primarily as a binder and as a water resistant coating by boiling it down from leftover animal parts and applying it to exposed surfaces..." etc etc... The info cites sources (though I haven't looked into them)...It suggests that at least one Plains tribe (Assiniboine) used it. Guess we need to look at some Native American references to get further info. But the point remains that hooves could be used as an ingredient for glue, which is all the buffalo jump article implies. You are correct - Wikipedia needs to be kept encyclopdic. But to do that, articles with similar info (in this case, 'history of glue' and 'uses of animal products by Native Americans') need to be in general agreement...Engr105th (talk) 12:50, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Clarifications needed

message: This article references websites that themselves have no references and do not appear to be authoritative.  The subject seems like one that is subject to a lot of folklore.  It needs some more authoritative references, if there are any.Jarhed (talk) 20:38, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There are plenty, in archaeological and anthropological journals. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 22:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor references 

message: This really needs to be broadened into a more general article on game jumps.  "Buffalo" (bison) are only one animal hunted this way, and the technique is known in Eurasia well into the Paleolithic. — SMcCandlish   Talk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀ  Contribs. 22:28, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I can see your point, but in thinking about it I disagree. Although Indians also occasionally killed other animals this way (antelope, perhaps?), "buffalo jumps" were specific to N.America and specific to Native Americans. The buffalo (properly the American Bison) was the principal life-support resource for the people using buffalo jumps. It deserves it's own article... Game Jump could have it's own article too however. Someone just needs to find sources/examples. Engr105th (talk) 17:34, 18 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Too narrow

message: (1) 
Buffalo Jump Within Wind Cave National Park: Long before the arrival of horses to North America, native people hunted bison on foot...
(2) The image shows horses:
AllThatJazz2012 (talk) 10:00, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  (1) "On foot" is missing (2) An image is deceptive 

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message: I've always wondered if the cover to U2's One single is a reference to this. I'm not confident enough to add it myself. Fpsulli3 (talk) 18:03, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potential cultural reference?