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Kayaq (Kayaqs)

Kayaq is an alternate spelling of Qajaq, the name of a traditional sealskin hunting boat in several Arctic Native tribes.

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Qajaq
Alutiiq
Inuit
Yup'ik
Eskimo Aleut languages
Alaska Native people
Arctic culture

Here are links to more Internet resources about kayaq:
Kayaks or Qayat
Kayaqs and Canoes
Wikipedia: Kayaq
Eskimo kayaks

And here are a few good books about kayaqs:
Qayaq: Kayaks of Alaska & Siberia
Qayaqs and Canoes: Native Ways of Knowing
Building the Greenland Kayak
The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka

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