A buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of enclosing and slaughtering American Bison. It consisted of a circular corral at the terminus of a flared shute through which buffalo were herded and thereby trapped. Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Binomial name Bison bison (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ...

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• David Mandelbaum's "The Plains Cree" — diagrams and a complete description of the construction and use of such a pound.
• Buffalo Pound Provincial Park, a park in south-east Saskatchewan, which takes its name from the above term.