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Meaning of "beothuk"
beothuk (noun) - a member of an extinct indigenous people of Newfoundland, Canada
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- A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
- The extinct language of these people.
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Demasduwit one of the last of the Beothuk.
The Beothuk provide a telling example of a culture in transition.
The area was originally inhabited by the Beothuk tribe.
The few remaining Beothuk communities became openly hostile.
That book remains an important source on the Beothuk.
The Beothuk nation disappeared in the early nineteenth century.
These phrases certainly echo those employed in Beothuk.
It is not certain when the Beothuk arrived on the island.
By the sixteenth century the area was occupied by the Beothuk.
Their children carried Beothuk genes as well as those of other ancestors.
She added significantly to what was known about the Beothuk language.
The Beothuk were increasingly denied access to bays where they fished.
Some settlers recognized the true plight of the scattered Beothuk.
The Beothuk visited their former camps only to pick up metal objects.
Estimates vary as to the number of Beothuk at the time of contact with Europeans.
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The Beothuk followed the seasonal migratory habits of their principal quarry.
The area around the cape is the location of a Beothuk camping site.
The Beothuk depended on the sea and on coastal animals for survival.
She told him there were far fewer Beothuk than twenty years previously.
The Beothuk were unable to procure sufficient subsistence within the areas left to them.
Two of the sites have been found to be associated with the historial Beothuk.
But the Beothuk did not want to have anything to do with these new arrivals.
Efforts made by the European population to communicate with the few remaining Beothuk proved futile.
His expeditions found Beothuk artifacts but he also learned that the group was dying out.
The bay probably got its name from early successful encounters with the Beothuk Indians.
The Beothuk took these supplies and adapted them for their own hunting and fishing.
Government leaders grew concerned about the rumours they heard regarding the plight of the Beothuk.
No known descendants of the Beothuk live on Newfoundland today.
Peyton related to Howley many stories of the Beothuk.
Several Beothuk persons captured by the English were well documented.
A combination of factors led to the extinction of the Beothuk in Newfoundland.
The Beothuk people were extinct.
Demasduit and Shanawdithit together created a legacy of knowledge about the Beothuk.
Scholars believe that the Beothuk are related closely to the Innu of Labrador.
Beothuk Article also available en français and Youth Edition.
She was the last Beothuk known to Europeans.
The Beothuk did not survive long after their first encounters with Europeans.
Do also make a stop at the Beothuk Interpretive Centre.
The Beothuk lived exclusively in Newfoundland.
Tribal territory of Beothuk.
Notable Beothuk captives.
Three hundred years ago, this site was a Beothuk village.
Well, the lost language of Beothuk has nothing on your penmanship.
Through her drawings, we gain a better understanding of the Beothuk.
With her, the last known Beothuk flame was extinguished.
Beothuk Energy, along with other renewable energy developments, are influencing government policy.
There were only thirty-one of the Beothuk remaining at that time.
If this is valid, Beothuk would be an extremely divergent member of the family.
Sadly, the efforts to save the dying Beothuk came too late.
Settlers and the Beothuk competed for natural resources such as salmon, seals and birds.
