Fort Macleod RCMP take part in burial of unknown Blackfoot Warrior
FORT MACLEOD, AB – RCMP says on July 22, 1979, someone found a human skull in the waters of the Old Man River west of the Monarch bridge at Highway 3A.
The skull was then given to Fort Macleod RCMP where it was forwarded to Edmonton for further identification analysis.
“In October 1979, through the work of the University of Alberta (Department of Anthropology), the skull remains were determined to be that of an adult male of 60 years or older,” the release reads.
The skull was then determined to be prehistoric, therefore Indigenous in origin.