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Join us for this event on September 30 – Truth and Reconciliation 2025 at Beothuk Interpretation Centre, Boyd’s Cove

The Beothuk Institute has just finished planning the activities for summer 2025.  We are excited to advise that, thanks to generous donations received, we will be able to continue the Tracing Shanawdithit Archaeological Project.  This will be year 4 for the project and the objectives are finalized. The document is now available for BI members. 

The Board of Beothuk Insitute explored some of the sites where the Beothuk lived and to see where many had been killed

Archaeologist Laurie McClean and his team searches for one of the places where Shanawdithit had camped in 1823.

In the mid 1800s the Beothuk Institute had outlived its usefulness. In 1997 it was revived. Find out how and why (by Desmond Canning)

Read about the history of the Beothuk Institute looking back to its origin in 1827 and the connection to Shanawdithit (by Desmond Canning)

Congratulations to Roger Bill, Director/Producer of the amazing documentary, Who Will Sing For Me? Featured at 2022 film festivals …

Preliminary information about the extraordinary find by Archaeologist, Laurie McLean, and his assistant, Don Pelley.

Beothuk Remains Returned – an excerpt and link to CBC’s story, Beothuk remains returned to Newfoundland after 191 years in Scotland

Desmond Canning writes the story – It was March 5, 1819 the group trekked up to Red Indian Lake. They had set out to capture a Beothuk