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A history and ethnography of the Beothuk
Ingeborg Marshall
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Frontmatter
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Tables, Maps, Graphs, and Sketches (page xi)
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Plates (page xiv)
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Acknowledgments (page xvii)
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Introductions (page 3)
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PART ONE | HISTORY
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1. The Sixteenth Century: First Contact (page 13)
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2. The Seventeenth Century: Colonization, Trade, and Encroachment (page 25)
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3. Relations between the Beothuk and Their Native Neighbours (page 42)
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4. Competition for Resources on the Coast (page 61)
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5. Hostilities over Hunting and Trapping (page 69)
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6. Lieutenant John Cartwright Explores Beothuk Country (page 84)
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7. Intensified Conflict between Beothuk and Settlers (page 95)
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8. Plans to Conciliate the Beothuk (page 113)
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9. The Capture of Beothuk to Make Peace (page 122)
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10. Lieutenant Buchan's Efforts to Make Contact (page 137)
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11. Micmac and Montagnais versus Beothuk: The Final Phase (page 154)
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12. The Captive Demasduit (page 160)
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13. 1822-27: The Boeothick Institution (page 181)
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14. Shanawdithit (page 201)
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15. Epilogue (page 224)
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APPENDICES
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1. Transcript of Letter from Henry Crout to Sir Percival Willoughby, August 1613 (page 235)
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2. Biographies of Major Informants (page 238)
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PART TWO | ETHNOGRAPHY
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Introduction: Chronology of Major Events (page 249)
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16. Position of Beothuk in Newfoundland Prehistory (page 254)
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17. Distribution and Size of the Beothuk Population (page 272)
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18. Aspects of Social Organization (page 285)
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19. Food Consumption and Subsistence Economies (page 294)
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20. Tools and Utensils, Hunting and Fishing Techniques (page 311)
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21. Appearance and Clothing (page 336)
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22. Mamateeks and Other Structures (page 350)
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23. Birchbark Canoes and Other Means of Transportation (page 364)
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24. Beothuk World View and Belief-Related Practices (page 377)
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25. Burial Places and Mortuary Practices (page 398)
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LIST 1A: Authenticated Beothuk Burials (page 412)
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LIST 1B: Recorded Burials Whose Beothuk Origin Has Not Been Authenticated (page 414)
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26. Fighting Methods and Peace Tokens (page 421)
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27. The Beothuk Language (page 428)
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28. Concluding Discussion (page 438)
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APPENDICES
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3. Beothuk Namefile (page 447)
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4. Beothuk Artifact Collections (page 451)
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5. Institutions Contacted in Search of Beothuk Artifacts and Documentary Source Material (page 453)
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Notes (page 457)
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Bibliography (page 581)
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Index (page 621)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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ANTCA | 41.1 (1999): | http://www.jstor.org/stable/25605919 |
AANT | 99.3 (1997): 657-658 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/681777 |
CanHR | 79.2 (June 1998): 332-334 | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/590268 |
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Published: 1997
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
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