Fiona Polack is an associate professor in the Department of English at Memorial University.

"The mournful story of the "last of the Boethuks"" still resonates as part of Newfoundland history. The fourteen authors in the wide-ranging collection Tracing Ochre assess this story’s impact and credibility, including accounts from archaeologists, literary critics, and historians."- Margery Fee (Canadian Literature, July 12, 2019 (web))

• List of Illustrations and MapsPreface Introduction: De-islanding the BeothukFiona PolackPart 1: Land, Language and Memory Good and Bad Indians: Romanticizing the Beothuk and Denigrating the Mi’kmaqMaura HanrahanWhen the Beothuk (Won’t) Speak: Michael Crummey’s River Thieves and Bernice Morgan’s Cloud of BoneCynthia Sugars"The Ones That Were Abused": Thinking About the Beothuk Through TranslationElizabeth Penashue and Elizabeth YeomanA 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 NewfoundlandJohn HarriesPart 2: Mercenaries, Myths and DNA Beothuk and Mi’kmaq: An Interiew with Chief Mi’sel JoeChief Mi’sel Joe and Christopher AylwardThe Beothuk and the Myth of Prior InvasionsPatrick BrantlingerBioarchaeology, Bioethics and the BeothukDaryl PullmanPart 3: Ways of Knowing Towards a Beothuk Archaeology: Understanding Indigenous Agency in the Material RecordLisa RankinHistorical Sources and the Beothuk: Questioning Settler InterpretationsLianne C. Leddy Historical Narrative Perspective in Howley and SpeckChristopher AylwardPart 4: Travelling Tales Santu Toney, a Transnational Beothuk WomanBeverley DiamondRoutes of Colonial Racism: Travelling Narratives of European Progress and Aboriginal Extinction in Pre-Confederation NewfoundlandJocelyn ThorpeUnrecognized Peoples and Concepts of ExtinctionBonita Lawrence Shanawdithit and Truganini: Converging and Diverging HistoriesFiona PolackCoda: The Recovery of Indigenous IdentityJ. Edward Chamberlin

Fiona Polack is an associate professor in the Department of English at Memorial University.

"The mournful story of the "last of the Boethuks"" still resonates as part of Newfoundland history. The fourteen authors in the wide-ranging collection Tracing Ochre assess this story’s impact and credibility, including accounts from archaeologists, literary critics, and historians."- Margery Fee (Canadian Literature, July 12, 2019 (web))

• List of Illustrations and MapsPreface Introduction: De-islanding the BeothukFiona PolackPart 1: Land, Language and Memory Good and Bad Indians: Romanticizing the Beothuk and Denigrating the Mi’kmaqMaura HanrahanWhen the Beothuk (Won’t) Speak: Michael Crummey’s River Thieves and Bernice Morgan’s Cloud of BoneCynthia Sugars"The Ones That Were Abused": Thinking About the Beothuk Through TranslationElizabeth Penashue and Elizabeth YeomanA 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 NewfoundlandJohn HarriesPart 2: Mercenaries, Myths and DNA Beothuk and Mi’kmaq: An Interiew with Chief Mi’sel JoeChief Mi’sel Joe and Christopher AylwardThe Beothuk and the Myth of Prior InvasionsPatrick BrantlingerBioarchaeology, Bioethics and the BeothukDaryl PullmanPart 3: Ways of Knowing Towards a Beothuk Archaeology: Understanding Indigenous Agency in the Material RecordLisa RankinHistorical Sources and the Beothuk: Questioning Settler InterpretationsLianne C. Leddy Historical Narrative Perspective in Howley and SpeckChristopher AylwardPart 4: Travelling Tales Santu Toney, a Transnational Beothuk WomanBeverley DiamondRoutes of Colonial Racism: Travelling Narratives of European Progress and Aboriginal Extinction in Pre-Confederation NewfoundlandJocelyn ThorpeUnrecognized Peoples and Concepts of ExtinctionBonita Lawrence Shanawdithit and Truganini: Converging and Diverging HistoriesFiona PolackCoda: The Recovery of Indigenous IdentityJ. Edward Chamberlin

Fiona Polack is an associate professor in the Department of English at Memorial University.

"The mournful story of the "last of the Boethuks"" still resonates as part of Newfoundland history. The fourteen authors in the wide-ranging collection Tracing Ochre assess this story’s impact and credibility, including accounts from archaeologists, literary critics, and historians."- Margery Fee (Canadian Literature, July 12, 2019 (web))

• List of Illustrations and MapsPreface Introduction: De-islanding the BeothukFiona PolackPart 1: Land, Language and Memory Good and Bad Indians: Romanticizing the Beothuk and Denigrating the Mi’kmaqMaura HanrahanWhen the Beothuk (Won’t) Speak: Michael Crummey’s River Thieves and Bernice Morgan’s Cloud of BoneCynthia Sugars"The Ones That Were Abused": Thinking About the Beothuk Through TranslationElizabeth Penashue and Elizabeth YeomanA 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 NewfoundlandJohn HarriesPart 2: Mercenaries, Myths and DNA Beothuk and Mi’kmaq: An Interiew with Chief Mi’sel JoeChief Mi’sel Joe and Christopher AylwardThe Beothuk and the Myth of Prior InvasionsPatrick BrantlingerBioarchaeology, Bioethics and the BeothukDaryl PullmanPart 3: Ways of Knowing Towards a Beothuk Archaeology: Understanding Indigenous Agency in the Material RecordLisa RankinHistorical Sources and the Beothuk: Questioning Settler InterpretationsLianne C. Leddy Historical Narrative Perspective in Howley and SpeckChristopher AylwardPart 4: Travelling Tales Santu Toney, a Transnational Beothuk WomanBeverley DiamondRoutes of Colonial Racism: Travelling Narratives of European Progress and Aboriginal Extinction in Pre-Confederation NewfoundlandJocelyn ThorpeUnrecognized Peoples and Concepts of ExtinctionBonita Lawrence Shanawdithit and Truganini: Converging and Diverging HistoriesFiona PolackCoda: The Recovery of Indigenous IdentityJ. Edward Chamberlin