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EPISODE · Jan 6, 2025 · 20 MIN

Episode 8: The Beothuk People of Newfoundland

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Cecco, L. (2020). Canada: DNA discovery lends weight to First Nations ancestral story. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/10/dna-canada-first-nations-ancestral-storyHillier, B. (2021). There’s nothing to prove it, but Mi’kmaw mercenary myth persists, say researchers. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mi-kmaw-mercenary-myth-colonial-history-school-textbooks-1.6073752Marshall, I. & Macpherson, A.G. (n.d.). William Eppes Cormack (1796-1868): The Later Years. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/nflds/article/view/26100/30326Meier, A.C. (2019). Who Were the Beothuk, the Lost People of Newfoundland? JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/who-were-the-beothuk-the-lost-people-of-newfoundland/Mitchell, A. (2021). Amet*: Understanding the Beothuk. Canadian Geographic. https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/amet-understanding-the-beothuk/Story, G.M. (1976). CORMACK, WILLIAM EPPES. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cormack_william_eppes_9E.htmlStory, G.M. (2022). Demasduit. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/demasduwitStory, G.M. (1998). HOWLEY, JAMES PATRICK. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/howley_james_patrick_14E.htmlStory, G.M. (2022). Shawnadithit. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shawnadithitTuck, J.A. (2022). Beothuk. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beothukWindspeaker.com. (2017). Shanawdithit: The last of the Beothuk people. https://windspeaker.com/news/womens-history-month/shanawdithit-the-last-of-the-beothuk-people Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cecco, L. (2020). Canada: DNA discovery lends weight to First Nations ancestral story. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/10/dna-canada-first-nations-ancestral-storyHillier, B. (2021). There’s nothing to prove it, but Mi’kmaw mercenary myth persists, say researchers. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mi-kmaw-mercenary-myth-colonial-history-school-textbooks-1.6073752Marshall, I. & Macpherson, A.G. (n.d.). William Eppes Cormack (1796-1868): The Later Years. https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/nflds/article/view/26100/30326Meier, A.C. (2019). Who Were the Beothuk, the Lost People of Newfoundland? JSTOR Daily. https://daily.jstor.org/who-were-the-beothuk-the-lost-people-of-newfoundland/Mitchell, A. (2021). Amet*: Understanding the Beothuk. Canadian Geographic. https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/amet-understanding-the-beothuk/Story, G.M. (1976). CORMACK, WILLIAM EPPES. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cormack_william_eppes_9E.htmlStory, G.M. (2022). Demasduit. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/demasduwitStory, G.M. (1998). HOWLEY, JAMES PATRICK. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/howley_james_patrick_14E.htmlStory, G.M. (2022). Shawnadithit. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shawnadithitTuck, J.A. (2022). Beothuk. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beothukWindspeaker.com. (2017). Shanawdithit: The last of the Beothuk people. https://windspeaker.com/news/womens-history-month/shanawdithit-the-last-of-the-beothuk-people Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Cecco, L. (2020). Canada: DNA discovery lends weight to First Nations ancestral story. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/10/dna-canada-first-nations-ancestral-storyHillier, B. (2021). There’s nothing to prove it, but Mi’kmaw...

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