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inukshuk

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inukshuk [ɪˈnʊkʃʊk]
n pl inukshuks, inukshuit [ɪˈnʊkʃjuːɪt]
a stone used by the Inuit to mark a location
[from Inuktitut, literally: something in the shape of a man]


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Joseph Brean's February 16 National Post article, "Their Shroud is our inukshuk," was less balanced.
He has also had a paper on his experience in BiH published in The Bulletin Vol 10 No 1 "'Civil-Military Cooperation--The Inukshuk.
The stacked slabs of flat rocks called inukshuks, which mark trails and other important locations in the Arctic, have been cultural icons for Inuit people for thousands of years.
 
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