This first reading log is on the buffalo jump. The first chapter of Jack Brink’s “Imagining the Head Smashed in” he goes into great depth about the buffalo jump. Brink is trying to make a ripple in Canadian History by backing up his arguments with primary sources to piece together a missing piece of history. He is linking archeologic findings with stories to form a concise history of the Head Smashes in Buffalo jump. He is attempting to promote the aboriginal peoples old ways of life and their successful, strategic, creative thinking.