Beothuk people
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thumb|Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland, the historic home of the Beothuk
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- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Subclass of
- indigenous peoples of North America
- Languages spoken
- Beothuk
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Description
- European exploration
- Causes of starvation
- Extinction
- Claims of modern survivors
- Claims of genocide
- Notable Beothuk captives
- Demasduit
- Shanawdithit
- Archaeology
- Trends in findings across Beothuk archaeological sites
- Genetics
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland, the historic home of the Beothuk
The Beothuk ( or ; also spelled Beothuck) were a group of Indigenous people of Canada who lived on the island of Newfoundland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beothuk people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.