Cormier says the recent unveiling of a memorial statue at Beothuk Lake to Demasduit and her family prompted his latest crusade to have Peyton's name struck from the nearby Newfoundland landmark.
The first European fishermen called the Beothuk "The Red Indians," because they painted masks of ochre on their faces. But beyond rare glimpses through the forest, the two groups had little ...
This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian Lake area of Central Newfoundland.