# The Last of the Beothuk: Shanawdithit

An episode of [Canadian History Ehx](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1437838013), 13 Jan 2026, 31 min.

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When Europeans arrived in Newfoundland, beginning with John Cabot in 1497, the Beothuk saw their land taken, the animals they depended on hunted and harvested, and new diseases introduced that they had no immunity to. By the 1800s, few Beothuk remained. One was Shanawdithit. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://canadaehx.com/shop/ Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 *sources* Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shawnadithit Dictionary of Canadian Biography: https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/shawnadithit_6E.html Parks Canada: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=1936 Heritage Newfoundland: https://heritagenl.ca/discover/provincial-historic-commemorations-program-designations/shanawdithit/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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