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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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No references found			The Olympic winning medals, the Inukshuk symbol of the Olympic games, the Aboriginal pavilion, the First Nation art program and the partnership with the Four Host Nations, will showcase Canadian First Nation arts and artists to the world at the Vancouver Olympic Games in February 2010. Corinne Hunt designs medals for the Olympics by McIntyre, Katherine / Windspeaker Our People Visitors to the Our People exhibit are welcomed by a large Inukshuk made from stones shipped from Labrador, to represent the Thule and Inuit cultures of Labrador and northern Canada. The Johnson GEO CENTRE: earth's geological showcase by Blackwood, R. Frank / Geoscience Canada She noted that Olympic organizers had borrowed an Inuit symbol -- a stone marker called an Inukshuk -- for the Games and urged them to "follow-through and support Inuit all the way. Olympic organizers say no to seal skin uniforms by AFP / AFP American Edition			intuitionism intuitionism. Intuitionist intuitive intuitive feeling intuitively Intuitivism intumesce intumescence intumescency Intumescent Intumulated Intune Inturbidate Inturgescence Intuse intussuscept Intussuscepted intussusception intwine Intwinement Intwist Inuendo Inuit Inuk inukshuk Inuktitut inula Inula helenium inulase inulin Inuloid Inumbrate inunct Inuncted inunction Inunctuosity Inundant inundate inundated inundation Inunderstanding Inupiaq inurbane Inurbanity inure inured Inurement inurn Inusitate Inusitation			INUG Inuit Inuit Inuit art Inuit Art Foundation Inuit Art Quarterly Inuit Boots Inuit Circumpolar Conference Inuit Circumpolar Conference Canada Inuit Circumpolar Youth Council Inuit Committee on National Issues Inuit Dog Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement Inuit people Inuit people Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Inuit Tapirisat of Canada Inuit Technical Committee on Social Policy Inuits Inuits INUJFE Inuk Inuk Inukai Tsuyoshi Inukai, Ki Inukai, Tsuyoshi Inukchuk Inukhuk inukshuk Inuksuit Inuksuk Inuktikut Inuktikut Inuktituk Inuktituk Inuktitut Inuktitut Inuktitut (language) Inuktitut (language) Inuktitut language Inuktitut language Inuktutut Inuktutut inula inula inula Inula conyza Inula conyza Inula conyza Inula crithmoides Inula graveolens Inula graveolens Inula graveolens Inula helenium Inula helenium Inula helenium inulase inulase inulase

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