[davius]

The Micmacs were enemies of the Beothunk. The Beothunk were known to the English as ‘Red Indians’ due to their habit of decorating themselves with red ochre. The Beothunk were likely the first Indians encountered by first wave Viking explorers. Some Beothunk were taken into slavery by the English. In general, the Beothunk were wiped out by the second wave Europeans before they even established communication with one another. What little is known of their language is derived from two captive women who were asked to name objects in English households. The fact that they had never seen a tea cup, house cat, or chandelier wasn't taken into account and no written record was made of the endeavor. The Micmacs have a history of assimilating captured enemies so there is a possibility that a diluted Beothunk genome persists among them today. Fun Fact: The Micmacs have dual US/Canadian citizenship and travel freely between the two countries.

[davius]

Beothunk = Beothuks

[Thor1966]

Micmacs or their tradition spelling Mi'kmaq are not native to Newfoundland, as I should know because I have been born and raised in central Newfoundland and married to a Mi'kmaq woman whose grandmother was 100% Mi'kmaq from Conne River. Mi'kmaq were brought to Newfounland from Nova Scotia to KILL beothuk indians. When fisherman in the fishing ports started to have axes, knives, etc taken and replaced with beothuck made tools or trinkets (beothuks believe they were just doing fair trade with the whites) told the owners (the merchants) of the stages they worked in of the stolen tools the merchants got the British government to bring in the Mi'kmaq.

Long story short the Mi'kmaq killed most of the Beothuks with the last of their tribe were killed or taken prisoner on Red Indian Lake. Graves are still to this day being found all along the Exploits river which runs next to my town.

And your fun fact might concern Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq but Newfoundland Mi'kmaq do not have dual citizenship.

[blam]

Letter From Newfoundland: Homing In On The Red Paint People

[Grimmy]

“The Micmacs have dual US/Canadian citizenship and travel freely between the two countries.”

Huh. So, what you’re saying is that the Micmacs are spies? And, that as spies, they’re working with the Canadian government in Canada’s planned conquest of our more profitable tourist traps?