Sacrifice Cliff

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Subject

education

Description

This artifact is an Instagram post of a display created that describes a piece of history in reference to Native Americans in Billings Montana.

Creator

@travelnurse_adventures

Source

Bresa McClatchy

Publisher

Instagram

Date

12/05/2018

Language

English

Coverage

2000-2024

Social Media Post and Meme Item Type Metadata

Genre

Instagram Post

Material

Digital

Circulation

Posted

Linguistic Text

A little graphic but I thought this was a interesting display.
One of the outlooks/cliffs in Billings Montana is called sacrifice cliff. It's name originated from a story about Native Americans. In the display here it describes the story. The native Americans were dealing with the small pox epidemic of 1837 with hard losses, a group of Native Americans believe they needed to offer sacrifices to cure the disease from their people. Sixteen young native American warriors drove their horses blindfolded off a cliff to provide sacrifices to the great spirit.

Audience

Instagram

Uploaded

12/07/2018

Files

IMG_2404.PNG

Citation

@travelnurse_adventures , “Sacrifice Cliff,” Museum of Everyday Writing, accessed April 25, 2024, https://museumofeverydaywriting.omeka.net/items/show/1022.

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