So i've been working on an idea for a short story/novella and would like some advice on a question I have...
So this question takes place a little after the turn of the 20th century (1920 to 1930-ish). Let's say that a small norse village (250-350 souls) is discovered along the northern Labrador coastline in a very isolated out of the way fiord, where they have been living for centuries unmolested by the outside world. They are still living with ~13th to 14th century technology. These people are some of the survivors from the Greenland colony who fled west when the mini iceage hit northern Europe.
Now my questions are as follows,
1) What would be the immediate consequences of such a find (culturally /politically) and what do you suppose the government's response be (assuming a peaceful first contact is made).
2) Let's say that the first content is not very friendly (understandably, something goes wrong) and let's say several citizens/researches/explorers or what not are injured/killed. What do you think the government's response would be then?
3) Finally, what do you think the long term solution/consequences would be of such a find for the norse and for the "Canadians" (<--I use this term though I know NewFoundLand/ Labrador did not join Canada until 1949).
Thanks for taking the time to read and reply
