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Aboriginal dugout canoes were a significant advancement in canoe technology. Dugout canoes may have been stronger, faster, and more efficient than previous...

A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed-out tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. Monoxylon (μονόξυλον)...

Types of watercraft differed among Aboriginal communities, the most notable including bark canoes and dugout canoes which were built and used in different...

the Arawakan languages of the Caribbean for a dugout canoe, kanawa. Many peoples have made dugout canoes throughout history, carving them out of a single...

also known as a canoe tree and shield tree, is a tree which has had bark removed by Aboriginal Australians for the creation of bark canoes, shelters, weapons...

Indigenous Australian art includes art made by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, including collaborations with others. It includes works...

Australian Aboriginal elders are highly respected people within Australia and their respective Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. An elder...

developed which were reflected in Aboriginal art, ceremonies and oral traditions. Aboriginal people adopted dugout canoes and metal harpoon heads from the...

in the movement for Aboriginal land rights in Australia, which was one of the main events leading to the passing of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern...

Aboriginal Australian kinship comprises the systems of Aboriginal customary law governing social interaction relating to kinship in traditional Aboriginal...

developed which were reflected in Aboriginal art, ceremonies and oral traditions. Aboriginal people adopted dugout canoes and metal harpoon heads from the...

Washington version, it shows a traditional Haida cedar dugout canoe which totals six metres in length. The canoe carries the following passengers: Raven, the traditional...

which may occur after word final -e drops, e.g. daŋe 'tree, dugout canoe' → dandena 'two canoes'; umuge 'pigeon' → umulle 'pigeons'. Blevins (2007:156) Öñge...

designed as a weapon to be thrown straight and is traditionally used by some Aboriginal Australians for hunting. Historically, boomerangs have been used for hunting...

Islands, these clubs could be used in warfare or for propelling a small dugout canoe. Pickaxe handle – the (usually wooden) haft of a pickaxe used as a club...

Australians compared with the rest of the population. Statistics indicate that Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders are much less healthy than other...

indicating the important political symbolism of water connections. The dugout style canoes of the Maya and other small watercraft are also represented in various...

McArthur River into the open sea to the mouth of the Wearyan River in a dugout canoe, a three-day journey. While she treated his wound, he died just an hour...

Aboriginal stone arrangements are a form of rock art constructed by Aboriginal Australians. Typically, they consist of stones, each of which may be about...

hostility. Aboriginal people in Arnhem adopted a number of items of Macassan material culture including dugout canoes and iron. This transformed Aboriginal economies...