Sundance State Bank donates to Vore Buffalo Jump

Sundance State Bank has presented the Vore Buffalo Jump Foundation (VBJF) with a corporate donation of $5000 in October, a further contribution to work that began in 2013 to improve the site as a visitor destination.

The VBJF has been actively working to establish a world-class research, education and cultural center at the Vore Site, which was discovered in the early 1970s during construction of interstate 90. Extensive excavations by archaeologists from the University of Wyoming have established that the site is an exceptionally well-preserved bison trap that was used by Native American hunters from about 1550 to about 1800.

In 2013, the Sundance State Bank loaned the VBJF funds to drill a well and to build a tipi at the site to display exhibits. The most recent donation will be used to reduce the principal on that loan.

Theodore Vore, the treasurer of the VBJF board stated, “We appreciate the trust that the Sundance State Bank placed in the VBJF in 2013 when they supported us with this loan; their ongoing support has been critical.”