Beothuks - Grand Falls

HSMBC Plaque Location

Grand Falls, Newfoundland

Owner/Administrator

 

Date Designated:  1955

Plaque Status:  Plaqued 1980

Reason for Designation

 Now extinct Aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland

 

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 Plaque Text

 

THE BEOTHUKSLES BEÉOTHUKS

 

This small nation of Newfoundland native people became extinct when the last known survivor, a young woman named Shanawdithit died in 1829. The origins of the Beothuks are incertain; they are thought to be related to earlier cultures which existed on the island over a period of some 9,000 years. They lived a nomadic existence, hunting in the interior and gathering and fishing along the coast, sometimes going far out to sea in their uniquely styled canoes. They were among the first native people of North America to be seen by European explorers. The destruction of the nation was a direct consequence of European intrusions.

 

Cette petite nation autochtone de Terre-Neuve s'est éteinte en 1829, lorsque mourut la demière survivante connue, la jeune Shanawdithit surnommée Nancy. L'origine des Béothuks est incertain; on les croit issus d'anciennes cultures qui habitaient l'île il y a plus de 9,000 ans. Ils menaient une vie nomade, chassant dans les terres et pêchant au large, souvent très loin de la côte, dans des canots de fabrication originale. Ils se distinguaient en recouvrant leur peau d'ocre rouge. Ils furent parmis les premiers autochtones que les explorateurs ont vus en Amérique du Nord. On attribue leur extinction à I'arrivée des Européens en Amérique.

 

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