Educational and Cultural Programs

Educational and Cultural Programs

Educational and Cultural Programs

Summer Interpretive Programs. The Vore Buffalo Jump is open to the public during the summer months. Visitors have the opportunity to learn about the increasingly famous Vore Site as well as the larger picture of the cultures that Plains Indians built around the buffalo. At least two staff members are present to explain how the Indians used the sinkhole as a trap, how they produced many food and other products from the buffalo, and how the Vore Site was part of Plains Indian history and culture. Tours are also available throughout the year by special arrangement (please contact info@VoreBuffaloJump.org).The Interpretive Program and the site improvements are costly, and visitors are encouraged to make donations to defray these expenses and allow continuation of the Program and site expansion.

University of Wyoming's Summer Field School. For the past several summers, the University of Wyoming’s Summer Archaeological Field School has brought a crew of students under the direction of Dr. Charles Reher (click here Dr. Reher's home page) to excavate at the Vore Buffalo Jump. Visitors can observe the work at very close range and can ask questions of the archaeologists.

It is truly impressive to watch as bones and stones that have been buried for several hundred years are again exposed to light and humans.