- An
inuksuk (plural
inuksuit) or
inukshuk (from the Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ,
plural ᐃᓄᒃᓱᐃᑦ;
alternatively inukhuk in Inuinnaqtun, iñuksuk in Iñupiaq,
inussuk in...
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visibility or for
religious reasons. A
variant is the
inuksuk (plural
inuksuit), used by the
Inuit and
other peoples of the
Arctic region of
North America...
- may make
blazes hard to see. An
ancient example is the
inuksuk (plural
inuksuit), used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and
other peoples of the...
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Indigenous women have been
constructing inuksuit stone monuments on the
Chedoke Radial Trail. An
inuksuk (plural
inuksuit) is a human-built
stone structure...
- the
representation of
water in
Become Ocean and the "earth element" in
Inuksuit, an
outdoor percussion piece. His music, he says, is "our
awareness of...
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symbol to them. He said that the "Inuit
never build inuksuit with head, legs and arms. I have seen
inuksuit [built] more recently, 100
years maybe by non-Inuit...
- many
large rocks and
boulders over the ground, are also
quite different.
Inuksuit are not petroglyphs, but human-made rock
forms found in
Arctic regions...
- ibexes, wild ****es.
There are
similar structures on most continents. The
inuksuit of the
Arctic act as
navigation aids, an aid for hunting, or to mark important...
- culture, the
inuksuk is the
emblem of the
Vancouver 2010
Winter Olympics.
Inuksuit are rock
sculptures made by
stacking stones; in the
shape of a
human figure...
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survive in this
harsh land, and she
prepares a
caribou hunt. She
places inuksuit —
multiple stone structures used by the
Inuit to
guide caribou into areas...
