Imagining Head-Smashed-In: Aboriginal Buffalo Hunting on the Northern Plains

Despite including a great deal of archaeological and enthnoanthropological information, Imagining Head-Smashed-In is written in an accessible manner, allowing inexperienced readers to delve into the history of this UNESCO World Heritage Site in great detail. Later chapters move beyond the historical to connect to the modern relationship the author developed with the Piikani Nation, eloquently outlining how Indigenous-engaged work can involve processes that may be new to those raised within colonial academic systems. Given the simplified tone of this work, excerpts could be used in discussions on Alberta history even in the late elementary grades.

Awards:
Winner, 2012 Felicia A. Holton Book Award, Archaeological Institute of America
Winner, 2009 Public Communications Award, Canadian Archaeological Association
Winner, 2009 City of Edmonton Book Prize
Winner, 2009 Best Archaeology Book, Society for American Archaeology

Supplementary Resources:
Thirty-two videos about the Head-Smashed-In historical site, documented by the author.