First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park

First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park is a Montana state park in Cascade County, Montana in the United States. The park is 1,481 acres (599 ha) and sits at an elevation of 3,773 feet (1,150 m).It is located about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of the small town of Ulm, which is near the city of Great Falls. First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park contains the Ulm Pishkun (also known as the Ulm Buffalo Jump), a historic buffalo jump utilized by the Native American tribes of North America.It has been described as, geographically speaking, either North America’s largest buffalo jump or the world’s largest. There is some evidence that it was the most utilized buffalo jump in the world. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1974. The former name of the park was derived from the Blackfeet word Pis’kun, meaning deep kettle of blood, and the nearby town of Ulm.Although there are more than 300 buffalo kill sites in Montana, First People’s Buffalo Jump is one of only three protected buffalo jumps in the state. The other two are Madison Buffalo Jump near Three Forks, and Wahkpa Chu’gn near Havre (both of which are also on the National Register of Historic Places).

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