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This is believed to be the only known portrait of the last survivor of the Beothuk people of the area now known as Newfoundland, Canada.
The above portrait was painted by William Gosse and it is titled “A female Red Indian of Newfoundland” (1841). It is believed to be a portrait of Shanawdithit, the last recorded Beothuk woman. She died in 1829 and with her death the Beothuk people became officially extinct as a separate ethnic group. Some say that her death marks the first total genocide in North America.
It is unclear if the portrait was done based on sketches from her lifetime or oral accounts of people who had known her.
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They’re one of the calm gentle giants of the Canadian wilderness. But should a moose strolls in front of your vehicle, the damage could be significant, and, in some cases, fatal. This week, 40 Newfoundland residents who had been hospitalized due to moose-vehicle crashes filed a class action lawsuit against the province for allowing the moose population to surge beyond control (there are about 150,000, with about 40,000 are added to the Newfoundland population each year) and thus pose a danger to drivers. (Graphic by Andrew Barr)
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