Shanawdithit
Sign in to saveShanawdithit (ca. 1801 – June 6, 1829), also noted as Shawnadithit, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April and Nancy Shanawdithit, was the last known living member of the Beothuk people, who inhabited Newfoundland, Canada. Remembered for her contributions to the historical understanding of Beothuk culture, including drawings depicting interactions with European settlers, Shanawdithit died of tuberculosis in St. John's, Newfoundland on June 6, 1829.
Person
- Born
- 1801-01-01
- Died
- 1829-06-06
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Key facts
- Person.alt
- Painted portrait of woman believed to be Shanawdithit
- Person.caption
- A beothuk woman (ca. 1841) believed to be Shanawdithit, though possibly a reproduction of a portrait of Demasduit.
- Person.birth_name
- Shanawdithit
- Person.birth_date
- ca. 1801
- Person.birth_place
- Newfoundland
- Person.death_date
- June 6,
- Person.death_place
- St. John's, Newfoundland
- Person.death_cause
- Tuberculosis
- Person.other_names
- Shawnadithit, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April
- Person.known_for
- last Beothuk
- Person.name
- Shanawdithit
- Person.image
- File:Shanawdithit portrait.jpg
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1801
- Died
- 6 June 1829
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Newfoundland
- Place of death
- St. John's
- Occupation
- artist
- Image
- Shanawdithit portrait.jpg
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- P1050
- tuberculosis
- P1196
- tuberculosis
- P509
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Early life with the Beothuk
- Later life in the Newfoundland Colony
- After her death
- Legacy
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Shanawdithit (ca. 1801 – June 6, 1829), also noted as Shawnadithit, Shawnawdithit, Nancy April and Nancy Shanawdithit, was the last known living member of the Beothuk people, who inhabited Newfoundland, Canada. Remembered for her contributions to the historical understanding of Beothuk culture, including drawings depicting interactions with European settlers, Shanawdithit died of tuberculosis in St. John's, Newfoundland on June 6, 1829.
==Early life with the Beothuk== Shanawdithit was born near a large lake on the island of Newfoundland in about 1801. At the time the Beothuk population was dwindling, their traditional way of life becoming increasingly unsustainable in the face of encroachment from both European colonial settlements and other Indigenous peoples, as well as infectious diseases from Europe such as smallpox against which they had little or no immunity. The Beothuks were also slowly being cut off from the sea, one of their food sources.
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