Editing Aleuts (section)

====Boats====
{{Main|Aleutian kayak}}
[[File:Choris, Saint Paul.jpg|thumb|left|Illustration of an Aleut paddling a {{Lang|ale|baidarka}}, with an anchored Russian ship in the background, near [[Saint Paul Island (Alaska)|Saint Paul Island]], by Louis Choris, 1817]]
The interior regions of the rough, mountainous Aleutian Islands provided little in terms of natural resources for the Aleutian people. They collected stones for weapons, tools, stoves or lamps. They collected and dried grasses for their woven baskets. For everything else, the Aleuts had learned to use the fish and mammals they caught and processed to satisfy their needs.<ref name=AHC>{{cite book|last=Antonson|first=Joan|title=Alaska's Heritage|year=1984|publisher=The Alaska Historical Commission|location=Anchorage|pages=85–95}}</ref>

To hunt sea mammals and to travel between islands, the Aleuts became experts of sailing and navigation. While hunting, they used small watercraft called ''[[Aleutian kayak|baidarkas]].'' For regular travel, they used their large {{Lang|ale|baidara}}''s''.<ref name="AHC"/>

[[File:Rowing Baidara St George Is line1700.jpg|thumb|Men rowing a {{Lang|ale|baidara}} (large skin boat)]]

The {{Lang|ale|baidara}} was a large, open, walrus-skin-covered boat. Aleut families used it when traveling among the islands. It was also used to transport goods for trade, and warriors took them to battle.<ref name=CCP>{{cite book|last=Durham|first=Bill|title=Canoes and Kayaks of Western America|year=1960|publisher=Copper Canoe Press|location=Seattle|pages=11–20}}</ref>

The {{Lang|ale|baidarka}} (small skin boat) was a small boat covered in sea lion skin. It was developed and used for hunting because of its sturdiness and maneuverability. Aleut {{Lang|ale|baidarka}} resembles that of a [[Yupik peoples|Yup'ik]] [[kayak]], but it is hydrodynamically sleeker and faster. They made the {{Lang|ale|baidarka}} for one or two persons only. The deck was made with a sturdy chamber, the sides of the craft were nearly vertical and the bottom was rounded. Most one-man {{Lang|ale|baidarka}}''s'' were about {{convert|16|ft|m}} long and {{convert|20|in|cm}} wide, whereas a two-man was on average about {{convert|20|ft|m}} long and {{convert|24|in|cm}} wide. It was from the {{Lang|ale|baidarka}} that Aleut men would stand on the water to hunt from the sea.<ref name="CCP"/>