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I'm no expert on the topic and have no business editing this page, but I can certainly point out a route to improvement or two...

  • The following two quotes seem to contradict eachother:

"Every part of the bison was used by the tribes who hunted them" ; "the site below has compacted bison bones nearly 13 feet deep."

  • Also there is a list of notable buffalo jumps, many of which have their own articles, but there is also a subheading for "Ulm Pishkun Buffalo Jump" (which does not have its own article and could probably be expanded on either way).

If I find some good sources maybe I'll add some information on Ulm Pishkun and move it to its own article (with a link from here, of course), but currently I can only point out where improvement seems necessary, not sure the best way to do it - that is, I don't know enough of the facts to sort out the seeming contradiction between the above quotes and I can't exactly add any reliable facts to Ulm Pishkun, but someone probably should...