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A qamutit carrying a kayak, dogs asleep in background. A qamutiik (Inuktitut: แแงแแ; [1] alternate spellings qamutik (single sledge runner), komatik, Greenlandic: qamutit [2]) is a traditional Inuit sled designed to travel on snow and ice.
Kayak paddlers in Pakistan snow training at Hanna Lake. A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Inuktitut word qajaq (IPA:). In British English, the kayak is also considered to be a kind of canoe.
Kayaks portaged people and baggage in rivers and lakes. [2] [20] Kayaks were also used for hunting at water crossings during annual migration. Wounded animals were tied together, brought ashore, and killed there to avoid the struggle of dragging dead animals. Every part of the caribou was important.
The word "odeyak" is a portmanteau of the words "ode," a Cree word for "canoe," and "kayak," an Inuktitut word. In the spring of 1990, a group of Inuit and Cree paddled the Odeyak from Whapmagoostui , Quebec , to New York City , arriving on April 22 to protest the proposed Great Whale Hydroelectric Project at the Earth Day 1990 celebration.
Developments included boats constructed of watertight seal skin stretched over wooden frames such as the kayak (Inuktitut: qajag), used by hunters, and the umiak, a large boat used by groups of up to 20 women; new styles of spears, and harpoons equipped with weights and floats.
The words Inuktitut, or more correctly Inuktut ('Inuit language') are increasingly used to refer to both Inuinnaqtun and Inuktitut together, or "Inuit languages" in English. [ 12 ] Nunavut is the home of some 24,000 Inuit, over 80% of whom speak Inuktitut.