Mary March museum changing name out of respect for Beothuk woman, director says

A Newfoundland and Labrador museum that has long displayed the colonial version of a Beothuk woman’s name is looking to better represent the historical figure and her people.

The Mary March Provincial Museum in Grand Falls-Windsor, which details the life of Demasduit and the history of Indigenous settlement in Newfoundland, has held onto the anglicized version of her name since it opened.

That will change by April, said Kate Wolforth, director of museums for The Rooms, which owns and operates the musuem.

Museum administrators have put forward two options for its renaming: the Demasduit Regional Museum and the Demasduit Regional Interpretation