FDI - Beothuk

The Beothuk were a maritime and hunter language group that occupied all but northernmost Newfoundland. They fell victim to the aggression of the French and Micmac early in history. A British proclamation for their protection was unsuccessful in preventing their extinction. There is considerable question as to whether they were linguistically related to other peoples or are a linguistic isolate.

Year	*History*
1004	Probably met by Thorvald Ericsson who was killed in battle, as well as were eight Indians
1497	Met by John Cabot
1501	Gaspar Corte Real kidnaped 57 as slaves
1523	Met Da Verrazano
1524	Met Cartier
1700	Differences with French and Micmac, driven north to Exploits River
1810	Proclamation for Beothuk protection issued by Sir Thomas Duckworth
1820	Demasduit, Beothuk woman, died of tuberculosis
1827	Carmack search for Beothuk, found none
1829	Shanawdithit, last Beothuk, a woman died of tuberculosis at Victoria Hospital in St. Johns, died

Beothuk Sites:

Archeological Sites of Newfoundland and Labrador http://www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/pao/Arch%20Sites/Beo.htm

Beothuk http://www.nativeamericans.com/Beothuk.htm

Beothuk http://www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2957-e.html

Beothuk http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000690

Beothuk http://www.american-native-art.com/publication/beothuk/beothuk.html

Beothuk http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firstnations/beothuk.html

Beothuk http://www.enotes.com/genocide-encyclopedia/beothuk

Beothuk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beothuk

Beothuk and Micmac http://www.swgc.mun.ca/nfld_history/nfld_history_beothuk.htm

Beothuk Artifacts http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/cvh/neuf/v67-28.htm

Beothuk at Russel's Point http://www.crossroadsforcultures.ca/beothuks/index.php?narId=20&language=en

Beothuk Bibliography http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/nfldhistory/Beothukbibliography.htm

Beothuk Drawings http://canadianheritage.org/reproductions/21796.htm

Beothukan Family Indian History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/beothukanfamilyhist/beothukanhist.htm

Beothuk History http://txtx.essortment.com/beothukindians_rmrx.htm

Beothuk History http://www.k12.nf.ca/mobile/Beothuk/page2.htm

Beothuk History http://www.mun.ca/rels/native/beothuk/beohist.html

Beothuk History http://www.dickshovel.com/beo.html

Beothuk History in Newfoundland http://www.valhalla-lodge.com/beothuk.htm

Beothuk Indians "Newfoundland's Red Ochre People" http://historica.ca/the_beothuk.php

Beothuk Indians of Canada http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/indians/beothuk_indians.htm

Beothuk Indians of Newfoundland http://www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca/green/beo1.html

Beothuk (Kid's site) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2021.9-e.html

Beothuk Language http://www.native-languages.org/beothuk.htm

Beothuk Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bue

Beothuk Language http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beo_language.html

Beothuk: Newfoundland's Extinct Natives http://canadianhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_brothuk

Beothuk of Newfoundland http://visitnewfoundland.ca/beothuk.html

Beothuk of Newfoundland Student Project http://www.paradise.k12.nf.ca/beothuks/culture.html

Beothuk (Red Indians) http://www.geocities.com/mixedblood1/Beothuk.html

Beothuk Religious Beliefs and Practices http://www.mun.ca/rels/native/beothuk/beo_religion.html

Beothuks http://www.therooms.ca/museum/mnotes1.asp

Beothuks http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/beothuk.html

Beothuks http://www.heritage.nf.ca/aboriginal/beothuk.html

Beothuks of Newfoundland http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-4-2004-51259.asp

Beothuks of Newfoundland 5th Grade Student Project http://www.k12.nf.ca/fatima/beothuks.htm

Beothuks or Red Indian of Newfoundland http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/encyclopedia/Beothuks.htm

Boyd's Cove Beothuk Interpretive Centre http://www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/historicsites/Boyds%20Cove.htm

Disappearance of the Beothuks http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=274

Extinction of the Beothuk Indians http://vt.essortment.com/beothuksnewfou_rcmr.htm

Historiography of an Ahistoricity: on the Beothuk Indians http://www.eiu.edu/~soc1/DeptSyllabi06/Holly/beothukAHistory.pdf

Last of Beothuk honoured with new monument http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/07/13/shanawdithit-memorial.html

Native Groups of Newfoundland and Labrador 5th Grade Student Project http://www.k12.nf.ca/pointleamington/4-6/Beothuks.htm

Shanawdithit, Last of the Beothuks http://www.aaanativearts.com/ancient-indians/Shanawdithit-last-beothuk.htm

What Happened to the Beothuk Indians? http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Newfoundland/beothuk.htm

Who Were the Beothuk Indians? http://www.manataka.org/page266.html

*Ethnie:*	BEOTHUK
*Language Group:*	Beothuk
*Family:*	Central Algonquian
*Stock:*	Algonquian
*Phylum:*	Algic
*Macro-Culture:*	Great Plains

Year	NF Population	Source
1600	500	Mooney estimate
1700	500	NAHDB calculation
1800	50	NAHDB calculation
1900	0	NAHDB calculation

2000	0	NAHDB calculation