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Qayat

Qayat is an alternate form of Qayaq, the name of a traditional sealskin hunting boat in several Arctic Native tribes. "Qayat" is actually the plural form of "Qayaq" in the Eskimoan languages, although many people today use "Qayaqs" instead.

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Qayaq
Alutiiq culture
Inuit culture
Yupik culture
Eskimo Aleut language family
Alaska Native American
Arctic Natives

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

And here are a few good books about qayat:
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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