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Back| The Beothuks are the aboriginal people of the island of
Newfoundland. They were Algonkian-speaking hunter-gatherers who probably
numbered less than a thousand people at the time of European contact. The
Beothuks are the descendants of a Recent Indian culture called the Little
Passage Complex. There are nearly 100 known Beothuk archaeological sites in the province. To learn more about the Beothuk you can go to:
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