A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk

Winner of the Choice Outstanding Book Award

The Beothuk were the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland. After years of decline, they were finally wiped out in 1829, when Shanawdithit, the last of their people, died. This work combines archive material and up-to-date archaeological data to review the history and culture of the Beothuk.Following their extinction, the Beothuk came to be viewed as a people whose origins, history, and fate were shrouded in mystery. On a quest to sort fact from fiction, Ingeborg Marshall, a leading expert on the Beothuk, has produced an elegant, comprehensive, and scholarly review of the history and culture of the Beothuk that incorporates an unmatched amount of new archival material with up-to-date archaeological data. The book is beautifully and extensively illustrated with maps, portraits, photographs of Beothuk artifacts, burial sites, and camps, and a set of drawings by Shanawdithit. A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk is a compelling story and an indispensable reference tool for anyone interested in the Beothuk or Native peoples of North America.