1 sept 1905 año - Alberta and Saskatchewan
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Alberta joined Confederation along with Saskatchewan in 1905 when the two new provinces were created out of a section of the Northwest Territories. Alberta joined Confederation along with Saskatchewan in 1905 when the two new provinces were created out of a section of the Northwest Territories. Alberta was first occupied by several First Nations, including the Siksika (Blackfoot), Kainai Blood, Piikani (Peigan) and Gros Ventre. Other groups, including the Kootenay and the Crow, made expeditions into the land to hunt bison and go to war. The Tsuu T’ina, a branch of the Beaver, occupied central and northern parts of the land, while the north was used by the Slavery. People first lived in the area around 5000 BCE. Company (HBC/Hudson's Bay Company) and the North West Company beginning in the mid-1700s, when European explorers began establishing fur-trading posts. At that time, the area was divided between Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories — vast lands over which Britain claimed political and economic control.
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