10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INUKSHUIT»
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Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
As aids to navigation, they erected stone figures, many of them stylized versions
of the human form, known individually as inukshuk (acting in the capacity of a
man) and collectively as inukshuit. Their use dates back thousands of years, and
...
2
Politics, Society, and the Media, Second Edition
Yet, actuallylisteningtothe silences canbeilluminating. Poet and Arctic explorer
John Moss has composed a series of evocative prose poems based uponhis
immersioninthe Inuitwaysof life. In one place, he describes the “inukshuit,” those
large ...
Paul Nesbitt-Larking, 2013
3
The Franklin Conspiracy: An Astonishing Solution to the Lost ...
Alternately, it is speculated that the Inukshuit served the same purpose as the
later, simpler cairns, acting as landmarks to guide the Arctic peoples in their
yearly migrations over the barren, white islands. The Thule, ancestral to the Inuit,
are ...
Jeffrey Blair Latta, 2001
4
White Lies about the Inuit
The growing popularity of the stone figures commonly known as inukshuk (plural
inukshuit) as a Canadian symbol is a recent sign of this imagining. An inukshuk
appears on the Nunavut flag. I first noticed the growth in popularity of inukshuit ...
5
Life Through Cabin Windows
We became interested in inukshuit when we visited the Manitoba Museum in
Winnipeg, Canada, which has a huge inukshuk greeting visitors to their
permanent collection. Many of the gift shops sell inukshuit, but they are often
expensive, and ...
._ La construction de certains inukshuit peut aussi s'expliquer en faisant appel à
des rites, des cérémonies ou des superstitions. Certains témoignages portent à
croire qu'un inukshuk pouvait être élevé pour rendre hommage à un mort ou ...
These inukshuit, as they are called by the Inuit, are the equivalent of
Scandinavia's cairns. Built in stages, inukshuit are made of rocks piled on top of
one another; the rocks generally get smaller near the top, although the reverse is
also found, ...
8
The Yukon and Northwest Territories
INUKSHUIT To the Inuit, an inukshuk is a 'thing that looks like a man.' It is the
term they use for the hundreds of stone pillars that dot the northern landscape,
slabs of rock piled one on another and in some cases reaching a height of three ...
These cairns are called inukshuit (singular, inukshuk), which means "something
acting in the capacity of man." An inukshuk is a humanlike stone figure ranging
from about one to four meters in height. The figures were used to □ aid travelers
...
Ralph M. Feather, Susan Leach Snyder, 1999
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Inuit Art: An Introduction
Inukshuit The Inuit were the first to explore and use the Northwest Passage, but
their voyages were to settle and hunt along its shores. As aids to navigation, they
erected stone figures, many of them stylized versions of the human form, known ...
James Preston Delgado, Dieter T. Hessel, 1998
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INUKSHUIT»
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inukshuit is used in the context of the following news items.
Vancouver Olympic Logo: A Smiling Marker Of Death?
Mr. IRNIQ: My mother used to tell me when I was a little boy not to knock down inukshuit. If you do, you may shorten your life. So, be careful. «WBUR, Feb 10»
