the this is it tour was supposed to start in july 2009.
when was the this is it tour supposed to start?
july 2009
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the crow often hunted bison by utilizing buffalo jumps. "where buffaloes are driven over cliffs at long ridge" was a favorite spot for meat procurement by the crow indians for over a century, from 1700 to around 1870 when modern weapons were introduced. the crow used this place annually in the autumn, a place of multiple cliffs along a ridge that eventually sloped to the creek. early in the morning the day of the jump a medicine man would stand on the edge of the upper cliff, facing up the ridge. he would take a pair of bison hindquarters and pointing the feet along the lines of stones he would sing his sacred songs and call upon the great spirit to make the operation a success. after this invocation the medicine man would give the two head drivers a pouch of incense. as the two head drivers and their helpers headed up the ridge and the long line of stones they would stop and burn incense on the ground repeating this process four times. the ritual was intended to make the animals come to the line where the incense was burned, then bolt back to the ridge area.
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