EPISODE · Aug 14, 2025 · 45 MIN
Whatever Happened to the Beothuk?
from Maple History: A Canadian History Podcast
We take a look at the Beothuk people in this episode from their ancient beginnings on the island of Newfoundland to their demise through disease, starvation, and murder. It is a tragic story of the effects of colonization on a small population on an unforgiving land.SourcesBooks:Beothuk: How Story Made a People (Almost) Disappear by Christopher Patrick AylwardA History and Ethnography of the Beothuk by Ingeborg MarshallThe Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Acommodation, and Cultural Survival by Harald E.L. PrinsJournal Articles:Pastore, R. (1989). The Collapse of the Beothuk World. Acadiensis, 19(1), 52. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/12292Gilbert, W. (2011). Beothuk-European Contact in the 16th Century:: A Re-evaluation of the Documentary Evidence. Acadiensis, 40(1), 24–44.Holly, Donald H. “The Beothuk on the Eve of Their Extinction.” Arctic Anthropology 37, no. 1 (2000): 79–95. doi:10.2307/40316519.Online:Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador (Several pages on this site)Get extra content on Patreon or Substack Follow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPodFollow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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