From: "Matt Broze" <mkayaks_at_oz.net> > Isn't an Umiak the Aleut's big open "women's boat"? There are numerous references to umiaks as "women's boats", however, they are in fact the "freighters" of the northern people. Big, open, skin boats. How they got to be associated with women is not known to me. Someone once speculated that since the men are in kayaks, the umiaks must be for the women. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 16 2001 - 05:32:55 PST
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