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The Beothuk were a group of Indigenous who lived on the island of Newfoundland.
Demasduit, 1819
Statue of Shanawdithit in Boyd's Cove
The Beothuk tribe of Newfoundland is extinct as a cultural group. It is represented in museum, historical and archaeological records.
Shanawdithit
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Shanawdithit, also noted as Shawnadithit, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April and Nancy Shanawdithit, was the last known living member of the Beothuk people, who inhabited Newfoundland, Canada. Remembered for
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…end of the first decade of the 19th century vary widely, from about 150 up to 3,000. Information about the Beothuk was based on accounts by the woman Shanawdithit, who told about the people who "wintered on the Exploits River or at Red Indian Lake and resorted to the coast in Notre Dame Bay". References in records…
Shanawdithit's drawing of the taking of Demasduit featuring annotations by Cormack