{"slug": "northwest-territories", "label": "Northwest Territories", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Territories", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2007", "qid": "Q2007", "description": "territory of Canada", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1885, 2023], "span_label": ["1885 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "alberta", "label": "Alberta", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "saskatchewan", "label": "Saskatchewan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "soviet-union", "label": "Soviet Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-columbia", "label": "British Columbia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "first-nations-in-canada", "label": "First Nations in Canada", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Frog Lake Massacre: Cree warriors led by Wandering Spirit kill 9 settlers at Frog Lake in the Northwest Territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#April", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – \"Treaty 8\", the most comprehensive of the eleven Numbered Treaties, is signed between the British Crown on behalf of Canada, with various Cree groups of the First Nations, ceding 320000 sqmi of land in the northern parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, as well as a portion of the Northwest Territories, to the Canadian government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#June", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#September", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954 burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#January", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories to become Canada's third territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#April", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – 2023 Canadian wildfires: 68% of the Northwest Territories are forced to evacuate to other parts of the country due to wildfires.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#August", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › August"}}]}