- An
inuksuk (plural inuksuit) or
inukshuk is a type of
stone landmark or
cairn built by, and for the use of, Inuit, Iñupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other...
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Inuksuk Point (Enukso Point, Inuksugalait) is a
small peninsula on Foxe Peninsula,
approximately 88.5 km (55.0 mi) from
Kinngait (formerly Cape Dorset)...
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Inuksuk High
School is the high
school of Iqaluit, the
capital of the
Canadian territory of Nunavut. The
school opened in late 1971 as the
Gordon Robertson...
- 1999,
along with the
territory of
Nunavut in Canada. It
features a red
inuksuk—a
traditional Inuit land marker—and a blue star,
which represents Niqirtsuituq...
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creature said to
kidnap children, hide them away and
abandon them. The
inuksuk (or inukshuk) of
stone allow these children to find
their way back if they...
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larger field of view. Like
other Inuit language terms, such as inukhuk/
inuksuk, a
different word may be used in
different dialects. In the
Kivalliq dialect...
- many
large rocks and
boulders over the ground, are also
quite different.
Inuksuk are not petroglyphs, but human-made rock
forms found in
Arctic regions...
- [citation needed] The
founding of the
Gordon Robertson Educational Centre, now
Inuksuk High School, in the
early 1970s at
Iqaluit confirmed the government's commitment...
- and pre-date
contact with Europeans. They are
iconic of the
region (an
inuksuk even
features on the flag of the
Canadian far-northeastern territory, Nunavut)...
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rectangle that
prominently features the
northern lights, a
polar bear and an
inuksuk. The flag and the coat of arms of
Nunavut were
designed by
Andrew Qappik...
