A beothuk woman (ca. 1841) believed to be Shanawdithit, though possibly a reproduction of a portrait of Demasduit.
Born
Shanawdithit
ca. 1801
Newfoundland
Died
June 6, 1829 (aged 27–28)
St. John's, Newfoundland
Cause of death
Tuberculosis
Other names
Shawnadithit, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April
Known for
last Beothuk
Shanawdithit (ca. 1801 – June 6, 1829), also noted as Shawnadithit, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April and Nancy Shanawdithit, was the last known living member of the Beothuk people, who inhabited Newfoundland, Canada. Remembered for her contributions to the historical understanding of Beothuk culture, including drawings depicting interactions with European settlers, Shanawdithit died of tuberculosis in St. John's, Newfoundland on June 6, 1829.[1]
^Ivan Semeniuk (October 13, 2017). "DNA deepens mystery of lost Beothuk people in Newfoundland". Globe and Mail. p. A1.
Shanawdithit (ca. 1801 – June 6, 1829), also noted as Shawnadithit, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April and Nancy Shanawdithit, was the last known living member...
day, he found them murdered and mutilated. According to the Beothuk Shanawdithit's later account, the marines were killed when one refused to give up his...
resting place for the remains. Demasduit's niece, a young woman named Shanawdithit (1801–1829), was the last known Beothuk. The song "Demasduit Dream",...
and Shanawdithit, but there were no examples of connected speech. Wordlists had also been collected by W. E. Cormack (who worked with Shanawdithit), Richard...
should be immediately protected as it risks being invaded and degraded. Shanawdithit and Demasduit, the last members of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland...
discrimination from their new colonial societies. With the death of Shanawdithit in 1829, the Beothuk people, and the Indigenous people of Newfoundland...
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poorly attested Beothuk language went extinct in 1829 with the death of Shanawdithit. The Miami-Illinois language was documented by Jesuit missionary Jacques...
Aloysius, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein (b. 1765) June 6 – Shanawdithit, last known pure-blooded member of the Beothuk people (b. c. 1801) June...
from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2015. "Biography: Shanawdithit". Discovery Collegiate High School Bonavista, Newfoundland. K-12 school...
the Arctic Ocean and west to the Pacific Ocean. : 369–370 1829 6 June Shanawdithit, the last known full-blooded member of the Beothuk people native to Newfoundland...
meeting, in Montreal, Mr. (afterwards Sir) James Stuart favors Union. Shanawdithit, the last known Beothuk is found British expedition up the St. Clair...
Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (died 1908) June 6 – Shanawdithit, last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland...
Nicolas Auguste Tissot (France, 1824–1897), devised Tissot's indicatrix Shanawdithit (Canada, c. 1801–1829), created maps depicting the movement Beothuk people...
during the winter of 1829 from the last known full-blooded Beothuk, Shanawdithit, while she resided in his St. John's house. They present articles of...
and tribal councils Shanawdithit, born 1801, was the last recorded surviving member of the Beothuk people. After Shanawdithit's death in 1829, the Beothuk...
Confederation 1956 Mary Ann Shadd Editor, leader (Black Refugee Movement) 1994 Shanawdithit Last surviving Beothuk 2000 Ambrose Shea Father of Confederation, Speaker...
tribe Man of the Hole, the last known member of an uncontacted tribe Shanawdithit and Demasduit, the last known Beothuk Uncontacted peoples Burrill, Richard...
nez de la sorcière The Bells of Baddeck The Sword in the Schoolyard Shanawdithit (for Tapestry Opera) Under the Night Emily of New Moon Rainbow Valley...
script for The Unplugging in 2013 and the Dora Mavor Moore award for Shanawdithit in 2020. From 2016-2022 she was the Company Dramaturge at Sum Theatre...
people who generally are thought to have become extinct with the death of Shanawdithit in June 1829, though oral histories contend that a few may have survived...
Genome. 63 (7): 349–355. doi:10.1139/gen-2019-0149. PMID 32283039. Drawings by Shanawdithit The Beothuk a heritage Newfoundland and Labrador website....
Nightingale Etti Plesch Jeannie Rousseau, allied spy during World War II Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people...
writer and chief James Sewid, former chief councilor of the Kwakwaka'wakw Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people...
ordered additional efforts to return Demasduit's niece, Beothuk woman Shanawdithit, to her family but she refused to go with any European expedition. As...
extinction proved unsuccessful. In the winter of 1828 he learned of Shanawdithit, a young Beothuk woman who was living with settlers in St. John's after...
hanged for murder Koyah – 18th-century chief of the Haida George Manuel Shanawdithit Stewart Phillip Steven Point – modern Sto:lo leader, Lieutenant-Governor...
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