Odeyak
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odeyak-290-1630331
title:
Odeyak
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The Odeyak is a canoe-kayak hybrid, designed and built by Billie Weetaltuk in 1990. 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. Matthew Coon Come, then the grand chief and chairman of Quebec's Grand Counc
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Canoe-kayak hybrid from Quebec, Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeyak
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2022-06-30T04:13:45Z
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