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History of Banff

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Date Posted: July 15, 2018

In the 1700s the first Europeans arrived and with them came the introduction of guns, horses and European diseases. This led to a shift in power, as well as bloodshed, among the native tribes. The introduction of smallpox killed three fifths of the western Aboriginal peoples.

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