# Whatever Happened to the Beothuk?

An episode of [Maple History: A Canadian History Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1796716482), 14 Aug 2025, 45 min.

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We take a look at the Beothuk people in this episode from their ancient beginnings on the island of Newfoundland to their demise through disease, starvation, and murder. It is a tragic story of the effects of colonization on a small population on an unforgiving land. Sources Books: Beothuk: How Story Made a People (Almost) Disappear by Christopher Patrick Aylward A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk by Ingeborg Marshall The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Acommodation, and Cultural Survival by Harald E.L. Prins Journal Articles: Pastore, R. (1989). The Collapse of the Beothuk World. Acadiensis, 19(1), 52. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/12292 Gilbert, W. (2011). Beothuk-European Contact in the 16th Century:: A Re-evaluation of the Documentary Evidence. Acadiensis, 40(1), 24–44. Holly, Donald H. “The Beothuk on the Eve of Their Extinction.” Arctic Anthropology 37, no. 1 (2000): 79–95. doi:10.2307/40316519. Online: Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador (Several pages on this site) Get extra content on Patreon or Substack Follow me on TikTok @MapleHistoryPod Follow me on BlueSky @MapleHistoryPod.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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