3.21.2006

Nash Harbor, Nunivak, Angyaq, Skin Boat

Shipwright Skip Snaith, or Walrose and Hyde and the Kayak Way <http://cronus.rockisland.com/~kyak/index.html> worked with students and staff at the NIMA Nunivak Island Cultural and Eduational Adventures (NICEA) <http://www.nimacorporation.com/> camp at Nash Harbor...the goals being to: 1)construct a working Angyaq (large skin boat) native to the region, 2) help develop the skin boat construction skills and interests of the people of the region and 3) create a working skinboat that could be used to support the camp.

nicea_teamHist. model

View a slide show of the summer science program presented via the Kuskokwim Campus's Science and Technology Academy here:
<http://fc.bethel.uaf.edu/~summer_science/>

View short slideshow of another Angyaq preservation and education project presented on the alaska exposed blog here:
<http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2005/03/kwigillingok-angyaq.html>

This a short teaser/clip of the camp at Nash Harbor and boat building project, summer 2004...produced by videographer Skip Snaith.

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