The Inuit, Inuksuit and Nunavut in Canada’s North — Indigenous Self-Government
A people rich in history and culture in Canada’s rugged north
This post was inspired by a couple of posts on Steem. The first one by @janton talked about an artist in Texas who does stone balancing. He showed some photos of some pretty cool work he’s done.
That inspired @paulag to use some free time to try out the concept. She used pebbles, telling us it was too cold in Ireland to be searching for stones. She managed to create some pretty cool pebble balancing.
When I looked at the posts I immediately thought of the Inuksuk the Inuit of the Arctic have built for centuries.
What Are Inuksuks?
When you look at an old Inuksuk, you are seeing more than just a stack of stones. You are seeing the thoughts of another person left upon the land.” Norman Hallendy
For a start, the plural of Inuksuk is Inuksuit not the anglicized word I used in the subtitle. When Canada hosted the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 the Inuksuk was used on the logo to welcome the world.
The Arctic regions are vast, barren and for much of the year, freezing cold. When people refer to Canada as being ‘too cold’ this is the area where it…
