{"product_id":"tracing-ochre-changing-perspectives-on-the-beothuk-paperback-softback-9781442628427","title":"Tracing Ochre; Changing Perspectives on the Beothuk (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442628427","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTracing Ochre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChanging Perspectives on the Beothuk\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFiona Polack (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442628427\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The mournful story of the \"last of the Boethuks\"\" still resonates as part of Newfoundland history. The fourteen authors in the wide-ranging collection \u003ci\u003eTracing Ochre\u003c\/i\u003e assess this story\u0026amp;#x2019;s impact and credibility, including accounts from archaeologists, literary critics, and historians.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Margery Fee (Canadian Literature, July 12, 2019 (web))\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe supposed extinction of the Indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland in the early nineteenth century is a foundational moment in Canadian history. Increasingly under scrutiny, non-Indigenous perceptions of the Beothuk have had especially dire and far-reaching ramifications for contemporary Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTracing Ochre\u003c\/i\u003e reassesses popular beliefs about the Beothuk. Placing the group in global context, Fiona Polack and a diverse collection of contributors juxtapose the history of the Beothuk with the experiences of other Indigenous peoples outside of Canada, including those living in former British colonies as diverse as Tasmania, South Africa, and the islands of the Caribbean. Featuring contributions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous thinkers from a wide range of scholarly and community backgrounds, \u003ci\u003eTracing Ochre\u003c\/i\u003e aims to definitively shift established perceptions of a people who were among the first to confront European colonialism in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations and Maps\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: De-islanding the Beothuk\u003cbr\u003eFiona Polack\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1: Land, Language and Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eGood and Bad Indians: Romanticizing the Beothuk and Denigrating the Mi\u0026amp;#x2019;kmaq\u003cbr\u003eMaura Hanrahan\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhen the Beothuk (Won\u0026amp;#x2019;t) Speak: Michael Crummey\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eRiver Thieves\u003c\/i\u003e and Bernice Morgan\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eCloud of Bone\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCynthia Sugars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"The Ones That Were Abused\": Thinking About the Beothuk Through Translation\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Penashue and Elizabeth Yeoman\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Clearing with a View to the Lake, the Bones of a Caribou and the Sound of Snow Falling on Dead Leaves: Sensing the Presence of the Past in the Wilds of Newfoundland\u003cbr\u003eJohn Harries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2: Mercenaries, Myths and DNA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eBeothuk and Mi\u0026amp;#x2019;kmaq: An Interiew with Chief Mi\u0026amp;#x2019;sel Joe\u003cbr\u003eChief Mi\u0026amp;#x2019;sel Joe and Christopher Aylward\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Beothuk and the Myth of Prior Invasions\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Brantlinger\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBioarchaeology, Bioethics and the Beothuk\u003cbr\u003eDaryl Pullman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3: Ways of Knowing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eTowards a Beothuk Archaeology: Understanding Indigenous Agency in the Material Record\u003cbr\u003eLisa Rankin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistorical Sources and the Beothuk: Questioning Settler Interpretations\u003cbr\u003eLianne C. Leddy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistorical Narrative Perspective in Howley and Speck\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Aylward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 4: Travelling Tales\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eSantu Toney, a Transnational Beothuk Woman\u003cbr\u003eBeverley Diamond\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRoutes of Colonial Racism: Travelling Narratives of European Progress and Aboriginal Extinction in Pre-Confederation Newfoundland\u003cbr\u003eJocelyn Thorpe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnrecognized Peoples and Concepts of Extinction\u003cbr\u003eBonita Lawrence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShanawdithit and Truganini: Converging and Diverging Histories\u003cbr\u003eFiona Polack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: The Recovery of Indigenous Identity\u003cbr\u003eJ. 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