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Definition of Bidarka

Bidarka
Bidarkee Bi*dar"kee, Bidarka Bi*dar"ka, n. [Russ. baidarka, dim. Cf. Baidar.] A portable boat made of skins stretched on a frame. [Alaska] --The Century.

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- The baidarka or Aleutian kayak (Aleut: iqyax) is a watercraft consisting of soft skin (artificial or natural) over a rigid space frame. Its initial design...
- Dwellings of indigenous people on left and a bidarka (skin-overed kayak) on a rack to the right in Egegik, c. 1917...
- great blackfish supposed to inhabit this lake, which bites holes in the bidarkas of bad natives." The name Iliamna is derived from the Inland Dena'ina Athabascan...
- Indigenous village in Koggiung showing bidarkas (animal skin covered kayaks) stored atop racks for drying fish, 1917...
- Kaguak on foot while Swanson, Peterson, Bourne, and Weiding followed in a bidarka – a type of skin-covered kayak – because they had lost their ability to...
- (Valdez Narrows)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska with the loss of one life. Alaska Natives in a bidarka rescued her sole survivor....
- of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1799 Ship State Description 60 bidarkas unknown The bidarkas were caught in a storm off Hinchinbrook Island on the south-central...
- Unangax̂ people lived off of the land hunting and fishing with kayaks called bidarkas. Relying heavily on trading and sharing between families for survival,...
- two-person skin kayaks used by the Aleuts were called "baidarkas" or "bidarkas" by the Russians. These were the model for modern fibergl**** kayaks in...