Prehistoric Peoples The Beothuks Beothuk Culture Post-Contact Beothuk History The Boyd's Cove Beothuk Site Beothuk Language Distribution and Size of Population Hunting and food preparation Personal appearance and clothing Beothuk housing Transportation Beothuk Institution The Mi'kmaq (Micmac) The Innu The Inuit The Métis The Beothuks had the unusual opportunity to acquire such goods as metal cutting and piercing ...

THE BEOTHUCKS OR RED INDIANS: THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND PREFACE /v/ FOR the past forty years I have endeavoured to gather, from every available source, all possible information bearing upon this subject. After a minute study of every detail obtainable, I have come to the conclusion that at this distance of time, with such meagre material as we possess, it would be utterly out of the question to attempt to write an accurate history of the aborigines of this i ...

The Beothuk of Newfoundland Home Search Google for more information about the Beothuk of Newfoundland Clicking on an advertisement helps to support this website The Beothuk were the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland when European settlers first arrived. The total Beothuk population at any one time is thought by present day archaeologists to have numbered between 500 and 1000 individuals. Following contact with the Europeans, disease, malnutrition, conflict ...