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Qayak (Qayaks)

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

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Qayaq
Alutiiq
Inuit
Yup'ik
Eskimo-Aleut language family
Alaska Native culture
Native Arctic tribes

Here are links to more Internet resources about qayak:
Kayaks or Qayat
Qayaks and Canoes
Wikipedia: Qayak
Native American kayaks

And here are a few good books about qayaks:
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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