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  • noun Plural form of inukshuk.

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Examples

  • The resulting sculptures reminded me of inukshuks, the traditional inuit rock piles that are, according to Inukshuk Gallery.com, monuments made of unworked stones that are used by the Inuit for communication and survival.

    Archive 2008-09-01 2008

  • Is this the same problem that faced the first people when they built their inukshuks - what to wear?

    Thestar.com - Home Page Cathal Kelly 2011

  • One of the Olympic lead-up events included building inukshuks with Father Joseph Venini students, said Joanne Partington, a Grade 7 teacher at St. Joseph's.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • The shore was covered in cairns and inukshuks that people had built, which was pretty neat.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • For the next few weeks we're not showing the world our banks, our office towers, or our tar sands -- we're pointing at inukshuks.

    TheTyee.ca Mark Lieren-Young 2010

  • One of the Olympic lead-up events included building inukshuks with Father Joseph Venini students, said Joanne Partington, a Grade 7 teacher at St. Joseph's.

    durhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • One of the Olympic lead-up events included building inukshuks with Father Joseph Venini students, said Joanne Partington, a Grade 7 teacher at St. Joseph's.

    newsdurhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • One of the Olympic lead-up events included building inukshuks with Father Joseph Venini students, said Joanne Partington, a Grade 7 teacher at St. Joseph's.

    newsdurhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • One of the Olympic lead-up events included building inukshuks with Father Joseph Venini students, said Joanne Partington, a Grade 7 teacher at St. Joseph's.

    newsdurhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

  • One of the Olympic lead-up events included building inukshuks with Father Joseph Venini students, said Joanne Partington, a Grade 7 teacher at St. Joseph's.

    newsdurhamregion.com | Top Stories 2010

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