Demasduit
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Demasduit was a Beothuk woman, one of the last of her people on Newfoundland.
Watercolour on ivory miniature Portrait of Demasduit (Mary March), by Henrietta Hamilton, 1819 (Library and Archives Canada)
The taking of Demasduit, drawn by her niece Shanawdithit
This miniature portrait called A female Red Indian of Newfoundland and dated 1841 by some sources may have been painted by naturalist Philip Henry Gosse and is most likely a later copy of Portrait of Demasduit by Hamilton (above)
Beothuk
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The Beothuk were a group of Indigenous who lived on the island of Newfoundland.
Demasduit
…Demasduit (c. 1796 – January 8, 1820) was a Beothuk woman, one of the last of her people on Newfoundland. Demasduit was born around 1796, near the end of the 18th century. It was once believed that the…
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.