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The Beothuk or "Red Indians " were the original inhabitants of Newfoundland, Canada. The Beothuk loved the color

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red, hence the name. They covered their bodies, faces, hair, clothing and personal possessions with red paint made from a powdered ochre mixed with fish oil or animal grease. Through displacement, disease and killings by the white man, the tribe died out in the 1800's.

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