Shawnadithit

She was born in Newfoundland in 1801, the daughter of Doodewshet `a member of an aboriginal tribe of Newfoundland---the Beothuk. Her people lived in Newfoundland for more than 1800 years. Beothuk means people in the Beothuk language. Their origin is unknown. In June of 18729 Shawnadithit died of tuberculosis. She was 28 years old and the last known survivor of the Beothuk people. Shawnadithit didn't have any children. She also did not have any brothers but she had one and one only sister.

in 1823 Shawnadithit's father sadly fell through the ice and she had lost him. He could not be seen under the ice which she sadly lost him. Her full name was Nancy Shawnadithit. Her mother her sister and her survived by hunting and fishing etc. Mostly hunting seals and fishing salmon. Her favorite activity was skinning bear and wool to make fur clothes for her and the family and sometimes the people in her tribe. When it was winter Shawnadithi would take the things she skinned and put them over their tipis to keep them warm and cozy and she and her family would always have food in storage.

Her sister would always stay home and help their mother well. Shawnadithit got food to put on the table. The Boathook people were called the red Indians, not because their skin was red. It was because they would paint their bodies with red ochre paint. That is why they are called the red Indians of Newfoundland, Canada.The Beothuk Indians were originated from Newfoundland, Canada. The weapons that they would use would be spears, stone knifes, harpoons, arrows and bows.

They would make there tipis out of animal hide. They would put their hair to one side and decorate their hair with feathers from the birds they hunted. They would sometimes would use the bark and dye the white feathers blue or red. They would cook their food over a fire pit. They would make a circle out of rocks and then they would dig a little hole then make their fire and cook their food. If it was too hot they would dunk their food in the lake very quickly and then take it back to their tipis and eat their food. They would whittle spoons and forks out of branches fallen off the tree.

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By Kylee Edwards