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James Fuentes ... Abenaki Man

posted 15 years ago by Dali-Fan
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This is a bit strange. As far as anyone knows there were no Abenaki in Newfoundland. The Beothuk (now extinct) held sway over this area.

"I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring." JG Ballard

[–] shtoops 15 years ago

ah ha, you wish you could make a movie like this, sure ya do. gtfoh.

[–] Dali-Fan 14 years ago

Fact remains . . . I'm right in my convictions, and if I made this and saw the end result, I guess I'd be that feckin' deluded director. REmember, this @rse said he did "extensive research." It must've been out of a comic.

"I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring." JG Ballard

[–] kaguth27 10 years ago

Yes it's true any natives the Norse encountered at L'Anse aux Meadows would be the ancestors of Dorset or Beothuk tribes. But in the sagas its clear that Leif Eriksson sets up a colony (which many believe to be the l'anse aux meadows site) then his half brother Thorvald took an expedition further in land, as well as a viking named Thorfinn Karlsefni, possibly through the Gulf of St Lawrence. Nobody knows exactly how far they went and some people think they never left Newfoundland but its possible they got to Abenaki territory. The only other evidence they found was a viking coin in an old Native settlement in Maine, I think it's legitimacy is in question, but keep in mind this film is a fictional drama not a documentary.