A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk

Marshall, Ingeborg
Publisher:  McGill-Queen's University Press
Year 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 [0xc0006a9c20 0xc000d6d2f0] 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.

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