Indigenous languages * Native American cultures * What's new on our site today!

  * Find Native American ancestors in your family tree

Beothuk (Red Indian) Culture and History

As a complement to our Beothuk language information, here is our collection of indexed links about the Beothuk tribe and their society. Please contact us if you have a Beothuk link to add.

Beothuk History and Society

The Beothuk Indians:
    Fact sheet for kids about the history and culture of the Beothuk or Red Indian tribe.
The Beothuks:
    History, artifacts, and lifestyle of the Beothuk Indians.
Beothuk:
    History of the Beothuk tribe in Canada.
Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Beothuks:
    Online exhibit of Beothuk artifacts from the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Beothuk Tribe * The Beothucks * Beothuks of Newfoundland:
    Beothuk culture and customs.
Beothuk History:
    Tribal history of the Beothuks.
The Beothucks, or Red Indians:
    Complete text of the 1914 Beothuck ethnography.
Beothuks or Red Indians of Newfoundland:
    Anthropology text on the Beothuk people.
Beothuk Drawings * Shanawdithit's Drawings:
    Map and pictures drawn by Shanawdithit, the last Beothuk.
History of the Beothuk People:
    Talk on Beothuk-white relations given by Ingeborg Marshall of the Beothuk Institute.
Religious Beliefs of the Beothuks:
    Traditional Beothuk religion, with pictures of jewelry and grave items.
Beothuks Refuge:
    History and timeline for the Beothuk Indian tribe.
Beothuks of Newfoundland:
    Historical article on the demise of the Beothuks.
Early Origins of the Beothuk:
    Archaeology paper on the Beothuk and Little Passage Complex peoples.
Beothuk Institute:
    Organization educating Newfoundlanders about the Beothuk people.
Shawnadithit * Demasduit * Shanawdithit Biography * Demasduit & Shawnadithit * Nonosbawsut, Indian Chief and Hero:
    Shanawdithit, Last of the Beothucks * Shanawdithit * Interview with Shanawdithit * Shanawdithit Obituary:
    Biographies of Shanawdithit and Demasduit, the last living Beothuk Indians.
Mysteries of Canada: Beothuck Indians * The Beothuk of Newfoundland * Beothuk and Mi'kmaq:
    The Beothuck Indians * Beothuk History in Newfoundland:
    Essays about Beothuk history and the extinction of the Beothuks.
Markland and Helluland * Vinland Sagas:
    The Viking voyage to Newfoundland and Norse interactions with the Skraelings (Red Indians).
The Micmac and the Red Indians:
    Viking and Beothuk (Red Indian) roles in Micmac oral history.

Books for sale on the Beothuks

History and Ethnography of the Beothuks * Vanished Peoples * Extinction: the Beothuks of Newfoundland:
    The Beothuk of Newfoundland * The Beothuk * The Beothucks or Red Indians:
    Beothuk history/anthropology books.
The Last of the Beothuk: A Canadian Tragedy:
    Biography of Shawnadithit, the last surviving Beothuk Indian woman.
The Red Ochre People: How Newfoundland's Beothuck Indians lived:
    Picture book for children about the Beothuk Indian culture.
All Gone Widdun * The Beothuk Saga * Riverrun:
    Historical novels about Shawnawdithit and the Beothuk people.
The Vinland Sagas:
    Tale of the Vikings in Newfoundland and their contact with the Skraeling Indians.
The Viking Discovery of America:
    Archaeological excavation of the Norse settlement at L'Anse Aux Meadows.
American Indian Books:
    Evolving list of books about Beothuks and Native Americans in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

   Bibliography for the Beothuks * Beothuk Bibliography:
   Beothuk reference pages.
   Wikipedia: Beothuk * The Beothucks * Beothuk Tribe * Beothuk:
   Encyclopedia articles on the Beothuk.
   Beothuk Theme * Beothuk Tribe * Beothuk History * Beothuks:
   Beothuk link pages.
  Les Amérindiens Beothuks du Canada * Les Béothuks:
   Information on the Beothuks in French.



Back to the index of American Indian nations
Back to our American Indian websites for kids
Back to Newfoundland languages

Native Languages

Native American words * Apache Indian music * Penobscot Indian reservation * Cheyenne Indian girls * Native tattoos

Would you like to sponsor our work on the Beothuk Indians?

or buy some books through this link:

Native Languages of the Americas website © 1998-2011 * Contacts and FAQ page