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Haida warriors used rope tied to stone rings to destroy these objects. The “Ti’at Society” preserves a tradition of creating these objects traditionally formed by a “brotherhood” of the Chumash (“CHOO-mosh”) people, called a tomol. (10[1])A 2005 study by Klar and Jones used linguistic evidence to claim that these objects were brought to California by Hawaiians. “Pullers” used ax̱áa (“uh-KHAH”) to maneuver these objects (-5[1])among the Tlingit, who encountered Russian and Aleut forces using a variant of these objects called baidarka at the Battle of Sitka. (10[1])Swinomish people helped students from the University (10[1])of Washington practice racing these objects (10[1])before their 1936 (-5[1])Olympic gold medal. Protrusions for stability (10[1])were not included in the Native Californian “dugout” type of these objects. For 10 points, Native Hawaiians used “outrigger” (10[1])examples of what seafaring vessels? ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: canoes [or yaakw; accept kayak or iqyax; accept tomol or baidarka until read; prompt on boats or The Boys in the Boat; reject “ships”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DWUSTL A3310
Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriColorado College61-5
Roan DowlingIowaOregon State8310
Athena Shadden (UG)Texas AVassar B9010
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaTexas C9610
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU AOle Miss99-5
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BArkansas10510
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E12410
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeMissouri13010
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissNYU A1300

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