What Is Significant About the Beothuk Population of Newfoundland and Labrador

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is significant about the Beothuk population of Newfoundland and Labrador?

• A) Their chief was a member of the first government of Canada at Confederation, giving them rights other Indigenous people did not have.
• B) They were offered incentives by the European settlers to murder the neighbouring Mi'kmaq.
• C) They were hunted, killed, and driven out of their traditional territory until they became extinct.
• D) They are the most populous First Nation in Canada today, outnumbering all other groups by two to one.

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