"History and Ethnography of the Beothuk" Ingeborg Marshall

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 Beothuk, the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland, were hunters, gatherers, and fishers who moved seasonally between the coast and the interior.

Part I documents the history of the Beothuk from the first European encounter in the 15008 to their demise.
Part II is a comprehensive review of Beothuk culture. Each chapter focuses on an ethnographic theme, such as size and distribution of the Beothuk population, aspects of social organization, food consumption and subsistence economies, tools and ustensils, hunting and fishing techniques, appearance and clothing, dwellings, canoes and other means of transportation, burial practices, and fighting methods, as well as the Beothuk world view and language.

Contents
Tables, Maps, Graphs, and Sketches
Plates
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE: HISTORY
1 The Sixteenth Century: First Contact
2 The Seventeenth Century: Colonization, Trade, and Encroachment
3 Relations between the Beothuk and Their Native Neighbours
4 Competition for Resources on the Coast
5 Hostilities over Hunting and Trapping
6 Lieutenant John Cartwright Explores Beothuk Country
7 Intensified Conflict between Beothuk and Settlers
8 Plans to Conciliate the Beothuk
9 The Capture of Beothuk to Make Peace
10 Lieutenant Buchan's Efforts to Make Contact
11 Micmac and Montagnais versus Beothuk: The Final Phase
12 The Captive Demasduit
13 1822-27: The Boeothick Institution
14 Shanawdithit
15 Epilogue
APPENDICES
PART TWO: ETHNOGRAPHY
Introduction
16 Position of Beothuk in Newfoundland Prehistory
17 Distribution and Size of the Beothuk Population
18 Aspects of Social Organization
19 Food Consumption and Subsistence Economies
20 Tools and Utensils, Hunting and Fishing Techniques
21 Appearance and Clothing
22 Mamateeks and Other Structures
23 Birchbark Canoes and Other Means of Transportation
24 Beothuk World View and Belief-Related Practices
25 Burial Places and Mortuary Practices
26 Fighting Methods and Peace Tokens
27 The Beothuk Language
28 Concluding Discussion