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Assiniwi, Bernard (author)
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2000 (Creation)
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(1925-2005)
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This file has an article from the newspaper The Ottawa Citizen from September 6, 2000, entitled "The Saga lives on" by Paul Gessell. It discusses the life of author Bernard Assiniwi who wrote the book, The Beothuk Saga. Assiniwi's mission was to gather fragments of the language, culture, and practices of First Nations peoples and preserve them in books. He wrote about the genocide of the original habitants (called Beothuk) of the island that the European explorers named Newfoundland. The Beothuks were "hunted" to extinction by English colonizers. Assisiwi wrote 34 books in total and became one of Quebec's best known authors.