In 1810, Governor John Duckworth had sent Captain David Buchan into the interior to make friendly contact with the Red Indians. Hostages were exchanged as a gesture of trust; two of Buchan's men were ...

The first European fishermen called the Beothuk "The Red Indians," because they painted masks of ochre on their faces. But beyond rare glimpses through the forest, the two groups had little contact ...

The legend of Shawnadithit, the last member of the Beothuk Indians, is well known to Newfoundlanders. All of it, that is, except the location of the young woman’s remains. She died of tuberculosis in ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — In 1829, a uniquely important young woman died of tuberculosis in St. John’s.

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BOTWOOD, N.L. - Plans are in the works to install a bronze statue in central Newfoundland to commemorate the death 200 years ago of Demasduit, an Indigenous woman who was among the last surviving ...

An Aboriginal leader was “delighted” Monday after a Scottish museum agreed to return the remains of two people from a disappeared Newfoundland First Nation. “It’s almost 200 years later, we’re finally ...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - In 1829, a uniquely important young woman died of tuberculosis in St. John’s. Shawnadithit was the last living member of the Beothuk - Newfoundland’s lost Indigenous tribe, who died ...

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