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- Beothuk language - The Beothuk language (also called Beothukan) was spoken by the indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland. As the Beothuk are extinct and few written accounts of their language exist, little is known about it.
- Beothuk - The Beothuk () were the native inhabitants of the island of Newfoundland at the time of European contact in the 15th and 16th centuries. They became officially extinct as a separate ethnic group in 1829 with the death of Shanawdithit, the last recorded surviving member.
- Campbellton, Newfoundland and Labrador - Campbellton is a small lumbering and fishing community located on the island of Newfoundland at Indian Arm, Notre Dame Bay. The community was originally named Indian Arm due to a Beothuk village located on the nearby Indian Arm River.
- Nonosbawsut - Nonosbawsut (unknown – March 1819) was a leader of the Beothuk people. Family head of and partner of Demasduwit, born Newfoundland, Canada.
- Shanawdithit - Shanawdithit (1801 – June 6 1829), also referred to as Nancy April, is believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland.