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The Beothuk (/ b iː ˈ ɒ t ə k / or / ˈ b eɪ. ə θ ʊ k /; also spelled Beothuck) [1] [2] were a group of Indigenous people of Canada who lived on the island of Newfoundland. [ 3 ] The Beothuk culture formed around 1500 CE.
List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador; Shanawdithit and Demasduit were the last members of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland and Labrador; Ishi, the last known member of the Yahi people of California; Squanto, the last member of the Patuxet people of Massachusetts; The Man of the Hole, last member of an uncontacted people of Brazil
Shanawdithit was born near a large lake on the island of Newfoundland in about 1801. [2]: 233 At the time the Beothuk population was dwindling, their traditional way of life becoming increasingly unsustainable in the face of encroachment from both European colonial settlements and other Indigenous peoples, as well as infectious diseases from Europe such as smallpox against which they had ...
The nearby Beothuk interpretive centre hosts educational activities, book launches and ceremonies, and includes Gerald Squires' bronze statue, "The Spirit of the Beothuk". [13] Archaeological site. A major Beothuk archaeological site at Boyd's Cove was excavated by Dr. Ralph T. Pastore of Memorial University of Newfoundland. [14] in the early ...
Nonosabasut (died March 1819) was a leader of the Beothuk people. He was the head of a family and partner of Demasduit , and was born on the island of Newfoundland (present-day Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada).
Archaeologists debate whether the Beothuk people were descended from Maritime Archaic peoples, or if they arrived in Newfoundland sometime in last millennia. Shifting sand dunes at Cape Freels have preserved the best evidence of Beothuk culture, including stone house rings, fire-cracked rocks, chert flakes and some artifacts. Rising sea levels ...
The Beothuk tribe of Newfoundland is extinct as a cultural group. It is represented in museum, historical and archaeological records. With the death of Shanawdithit in 1829, [ 78 ] the Beothuk people, and the Indigenous people of Newfoundland were officially declared extinct after suffering epidemics, starvation, loss of access to food sources ...
William Epps Cormack (5 May 1796 – 30 April 1868) was a Scottish explorer, philanthropist, agriculturalist and author, born St. John's, Newfoundland.Cormack was the first person of European descent to journey across the interior of the island.