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Preparing Fish

Preparing Fish
Both the Beothuk—the original inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland, in what is now Canada—and the Europeans who later settled there have depended on fishing for their livelihood. This 18th-century engraving shows fish being prepared after the catch.
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Indian Treaties in Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador
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