Song Title: L'Anse aux Meadows
Written and recorded: September 2008
Details Details: The native people, Beothuk were-nomadic hunter/gather...
More...Song Title: L'Anse aux Meadows
Written and recorded: September 2008
Details Details: The native people, Beothuk were-nomadic hunter/gatherers. Beothuk were known for their their love of the color red and used ochre mixed with either fish oil or animal grease to obtain a red color which adorned clothes and skin. The term
"redskin" used for Native Americans probably originated from early contacts between European fishermen and Beothuk.
In 10th century, the Vikings (Norse) reached North America
and established one of their settlements at L'Anse aux Meadows
at Epaves Bay (near Cape Bauld on the northern end of Newfoundland).
Exactly how far south the Vikings explored along the coast is unknown, but it is certain the people they encountered there, who they called Skraelings, were Beothuk. During the time they remained on Newfoundland, the Vikings traded with the Beothuk and occasionally fought with them, the most notable incident being a battle over a Viking cow.
The last known Beothuk, Nancy Shanawhdit, died of tuberculosis in 1829.
