Buffalo conjure up the West the way no other symbol can. They hold a special place in our culture and imagination. In this prize-winning collection, writers reveal the buffalo in plains ecology and culture from prehistoric times to its present and uncertain future.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 599.73/58
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- np-----
- ISBN
- 9781459300781 0888642377
- LCCN
- QL737.U53
- LCCN Item number
- B84 1992eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBVAU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xi, 244 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00603425 (OCoLC)243595432 (CaOOCEL)405651
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Introduction 8
- Bison in Alberta: Paleontology, Evolution, and Relationships with Humans 14
- Blackfoot and Buffalo Jumps: Native People and the Head-Smashed-In Project 32
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: A Centre for Cultural Preservation and Understanding 58
- The Metis and the End of the Plains Buffalo in Alberta 74
- Buffalo in Word and Image: From European Origins to the Art of Clarence Tillenius 92
- An Artist among the Buffalo 144
- Wood Buffalo at the Crossroads 152
- Wolves and Bison: Wood Buffalo National Park—Past, Present and Future 180
- Disease in Northern Bison: What to Do? A Personal Perspective 192
- Aboriginal Communities and the Northern Buffalo Controversy 202
- Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis in Animals, Including Man 220
- Le Bois de Vache II: This Chip's for You Too 238
