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A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk
Marshall, Ingeborg
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University PressYear First Published: {44253 A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk HISTORY ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE BEOTHUK Marshall, Ingeborg McGill-Queen's University Press The Beothuk, the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland, were hunters, gatherers, and fishers who moved seasonally between the coast and the interior. With the influx of European settlements and fisheries in the 1700s the Beothuk found their territory increasingly reduced and conflict between the two groups escalated. The Beothuk declined steadily in numbers and by the early 1800s they had ceased to exist as a viable cultural group. 1996 1998 640pp BC44253s-Marshall-Beothuk.jpg B Book 978-0-7735-1774-5 E99.B4M37 1996 971.8'004979 1 false false true CA44253.htm [0xc000a07260 0xc0014b5560] Ca} Year Published: 1998 Pages: 640pp ISBN: 978-0-7735-1774-5 Library of Congress Number: E99.B4M37 1996 Dewey: 971.8'004979 Resource Type: Book The Beothuk, the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland, were hunters, gatherers, and fishers who moved seasonally between the coast and the interior. With the influx of European settlements and fisheries in the 1700s the Beothuk found their territory increasingly reduced and conflict between the two groups escalated. The Beothuk declined steadily in numbers and by the early 1800s they had ceased to exist as a viable cultural group. Subject Headings |