Demasduit

[4] In the fall of 1818, a small group of Beothuks had captured a boat and some fishing equipment near the mouth of the Exploits River.

However, she was taken ill and died of tuberculosis at Ship Cove (now Botwood) aboard Buchan's vessel Grasshopper, on 8 January 1820.

[8] Chief Mi'sel Joe of the Miawpukek First Nation in Conne River first began the push for repatriation in 2015, and he was joined by other Indigenous leaders.

[9] Their remains had been in Scotland for 191 years when they were returned to Newfoundland and were stored at The Rooms, a provincial museum and archive in St.

[11] In 2022, CBC News reported that the government of Newfoundland and Labrador was planning a new cultural centre at Beothuk Lake to serve as a final resting place for the remains.

The museum's exhibits "look at the history of the Beothuk, early European settlers, and the stories of a thriving, vibrant Mi’kmaq population in this area.

[15] The director of The Rooms, which owns and operates in the museum, announced in December 2021, that they would rename it using Demasduit's original name rather than Mary March.

[17] In November of 2022, the governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador announced plans for a commemoration project recognizing 200 years since the death of Demasduit.

[18] The plans include a bronze statue of Demasduit, Nonosabasut, and their child, as well as a surrounding healing garden, to be located in Botwood.