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A place near Alberta, Canada, where native peoples killed buffalo by driving them off a cliff.
"In Blackfoot, the name for the site is Estipah-skikikini-kots. According to legend, a young Blackfoot wanted to watch the buffalo plunge off the cliff from below, but was buried underneath the falling buffalo. He was later found dead under the pile of carcasses 'where he got his head smashed in'."
- Wikipedia, 1 Jan 2008.
January 2, 2008