Historical Background <Tab/>The Beothuk people lived on the island of Newfoundland. They lived there for around 900 years. There are three main ideas as to how they arrived in the region. They could have walked across the Bering Strait from Labrador as the ice retreated. It is also possible that they canoed across the Cabot Strait from Nova Scotia. Another, newer possibility is that they descended from the Maritime Archaic Indians …showed first 75 words of 2495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2495 total…public understanding of the Beothuk people and their unique culture. Reference list 1. Forest, Marjorie G. (13 January 2004) Hounded into extinction. G.C. Rowe Vertical File. 2. Young, Ron. Was Shawnawdithit the last of the Beothuks? Downhomer Magazine. Pgs. 10-13 3. (20 January 2004) The Beothuks of Boyd's Cove. G.C. Rowe Vertical File. 4. Marshall, Ingeborg (1989). The Beothuk of Newfoundland. Newfoundland: Juvenile Literature. 5. Marshall, Ingeborg (1977) The Red Ochre People. Vancouver: JJ Douglas Ltd. 6. Beothuk Institute. (22, January 2004) [On-line] http://www.beothukinstitute .com