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| July 15, 1870 | The Prairies and Great Northland become part of the young country of Canada, which had accomplished its Confederation in 1867.
Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are combined under the new name of the North-West Territories, part of which will become the province of Alberta. Edline calvario biography of alberta canada | [12] |
| October 25, 1870 | Battle of the Belly River occurs. The battle is the last major conflict between the Cree (the Iron Confederacy) and the Blackfoot Confederacy, and the last major battle between First Nations on Canadian soil.
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| October 1, 1874 | First North-West Mounted Police outpost in Alberta at Fort Macleod is established. The following spring Mounties established a post at Fort Saskatchewan, outside Edmonton. (The police force was legally established in 1873 and was staffed and put into the field in 1874, in response to the Cypress Hills Massacre of 1873.) |
| September 1875 | NWMP officer Éphrem-
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