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  • Beothuk which is known definitely to have been occupied by them, viz., the neighborhood of the Exploits River, though, as stated above, it seems probable that the entire island was once in their possession.

    Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868

  • The site turned out to be a treasure trove of artifacts and clues about Beothuk life.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • The museum we visited, a provincial park, displays artifacts, tells about Beothuk life and their demise, and also emphasizes the methods and processes through which Pastore and his team derived the information.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Ralph Pastore, an archaeologist, searched the area for signs of Beothuk encampments, and found them in Boyd's Cove.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • In Canada, the aboriginal natives, the Beothuk people are completely extinct as a result of loss of habitat and importation of European diseases.

    Genocide 2006

  • Well, I for one don't think you're responsible for the failure of the Comintern, the Beothuk massacre, and the letter "C", Laura.

    earplugs 2006

  • The first one concerned Samuel de Chaplain's abuse of his thirteen-year-old bride; the second, the extermination of the Beothuk by the white man in Newfoundland; the third, the execution of Louis Riel by the Government of Canada; the fourth, the maltreatment of Canada's first woman doctor by her medical peers; and the fifth, the internment of Japanese Canadians.

    Who Killed Canadian History? 1998

  • Beothuk, or Beothik, a nickname of no particular meaning.

    Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

  • Beothuk natives, before the European occupation, as the salmon did in the dietary of the British Columbian tribes.

    Pioneers in Canada Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

  • Beothuk we may perhaps have one of the transition links between the

    The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884

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