Inuksuk

An inuksuk at the Foxe Peninsula, Nunavut, Canada

An inuksuk (plural inuksuit)[1] or inukshuk[2] (from the Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ, plural ᐃᓄᒃᓱᐃᑦ; alternatively inukhuk in Inuinnaqtun,[3] iñuksuk in Iñupiaq, inussuk in Greenlandic) is a type of stone landmark or cairn built by, and for the use of, Inuit, Iñupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found in northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska (United States). This combined region, north of the Arctic Circle, is dominated by the tundra biome and has areas with few natural landmarks.

The inuksuk may historically have been used for navigation, as a point of reference, a marker for travel routes, fishing places, camps, hunting grounds, places of veneration, drift fences used in hunting,[4] or to mark a food cache.[5] The Iñupiat in northern Alaska used inuksuit to assist in the herding of caribou into contained areas for slaughter.[6] Varying in shape and size, the inuksuit have ancient roots in Inuit culture.[7]

Historically, the most common types of inuksuit are built with stone placed upon stone. The simplest type is a single stone positioned in an upright manner.[8] The size of some inuksuit suggests that the construction was often a communal effort.[4]

At Inuksuk Point (Enukso Point) on Baffin Island, there are more than 100 inuksuit. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1969.[9][10]

Name

Inuksuit at the Foxe Peninsula (Baffin Island), Canada.

The word inuksuk means "that which acts in the capacity of a human".[11] The word comes from the morphemes inuk ('person')[12] and -suk ('ersatz, substitute'). It is pronounced inutsuk in Nunavik and the southern part of Baffin Island (see Inuit phonology for the linguistic reasons). In many of the central Nunavut dialects, it has the etymologically related name inuksugaq (plural: inuksugait).[citation needed]

While the predominant English spelling is inukshuk, both the Government of Nunavut[13] and the Government of Canada through Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada[14] promote the Inuit-preferred spelling inuksuk.

A structure similar to an inuksuk is called an inunnguaq (ᐃᓄᙳᐊᖅ, 'imitation of a person', plural inunnguat); it is meant to represent a human figure. Inunnguaq has become widely familiar to non-Inuit, and is particularly found in Greenland.[15] However, it is not the most common type of inuksuk. It is distinguished from inuksuit in general.

The Hammer of Thor, located on the Ungava Peninsula, Quebec is most likely an inuksuk rather than of viking origin. [16]

Modern usage

An inuksuk on the flag of Nunavut

Inuksuit continue to serve as an Inuit cultural symbol. An inuksuk is the centrepiece of the flag and coat of arms of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, and the flag of Nunatsiavut. The Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit is named after the landmark.

Inuksuit—particularly, but not exclusively, of the inunnguaq variety—are also increasingly serving as a mainstream Canadian national symbol. In 1999, Inukshuk was the name for the International Arctic Art & Music Project of ARBOS in the Canadian provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Nunavik,[clarification needed] and Nunavut; and in Greenland, Austria, Denmark and Norway.[17]

On July 13, 2005, Canadian military personnel erected an inuksuk on Hans Island, along with a plaque and a Canadian flag, as part of Canada's longstanding dispute with Denmark over the small Arctic island.[18] The markers have been erected throughout the country, often as generic gateways into tourist regions, including a 9 m (30 ft) inuksuk that stands in Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario. Located in Battery Park, it commemorates the World Youth Day 2002 festival that was held in the city in July 2002.

An inunnguaq is the basis of the logo of the 2010 Winter Olympics designed by Vancouver artist Elena Rivera MacGregor. Its use in this context has been controversial among the Inuit, and the First Nations within British Columbia. Although the design has been questioned, people believe it pays tribute to Alvin Kanak's 1986 inuksuk at English Bay. Friendship and the welcoming of the world are the meanings of both the English Bay structure and the 2010 Winter Olympics emblem.[19][20]

Unveiling ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games emblem, "Ilanaaq the inukshuk", April 24, 2005

The Vancouver 2010 logo and the construction of inuksuit around the world have led to increasing recognition of them.[citation needed] There are five authentic inuksuit which were donated to other jurisdictions —wholly or in part—by the government of Canada: they are located in Brisbane, Australia;[21] Monterrey, Mexico; Oslo, Norway; Washington, D.C., United States; and Guatemala City, Guatemala.[22]

The Monterrey Inuksuk is unveiled by Canada's ambassador to Mexico and the governor of Nuevo León

A Canadian-donated inuksuk was built in Monterrey, Mexico, in October 2007 by the Inuvialuit artist Bill Nasogaluak. The sculpture was presented to the people of the northern state of Nuevo León as a gift from the Monterrey chapter of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico and the Government of Canada, to mark the chamber's 10th anniversary in the city. The sculpture stands over the Santa Lucía Riverwalk. Nasogaluak, of Tuktoyaktuk, personally chose the rocks for the structure from a local quarry near Monterrey. The inuksuk contains two rocks which the artist took to Mexico from Canada, one from the high Arctic and another from his home town of Toronto. Together they form the inuksuk's heart.

The inuksuk was also used as the symbol of the Summit of the Americas, because of its connotations of "guidance and unity ... towards common goals."[23]

Officials in various wilderness parks throughout Canada routinely dismantle inuksuit constructed by hikers and campers, for fear that they could misdirect park visitors from the cairns and other markers that indicate hiking trails. The practice of erecting inuksuit in parks has become so widespread that Killarney Provincial Park, on the north shore of Ontario's Georgian Bay, issued a notice in 2007 urging visitors to "stop the invasion" of inuksuit.[24]

A large number of inuksuit have been built in some areas along the Trans-Canada Highway, including Northern Ontario. In 2010, a journalist from Sudbury's Northern Life counted 93 inuksuit along Highway 69 between Sudbury and Parry Sound. The journalist successfully tracked down a person who had built two inuksuit along the route; he attributed his action to having had a "fill the dreams moment where I needed to stop and do it" while driving home from a family funeral.[25]

In 2015, a small group of women near Hamilton, Ontario, constructed 1,181 inuksuit on the Chedoke Rail Trail to memorialize the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, while seeking government action. It was one of many types of activism across the county, and the newly elected government committed to conducting a national inquiry that year.[26]

According to Guinness World Records, the tallest inuksuk is in Schomberg, Ontario, Canada. Built in 2007, it is 11.377 metres (37.33 ft) tall.[27]

On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute, to mark Canada's support for the International Criminal Court (ICC)[28] and as a symbol for its commitment to reconciliation with Canada's First Nations[citation needed], Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Wilson-Raybould on 7 March 2018 donated an inuksuk as a gift to the ICC. It was unveiled by her and ICC President Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi at the ICC premises in The Hague.[29]

See also

References

  1. ^ Spalding, Alex; Thomas Kusugak (1998). Inuktitut: A Multi-dialectal Outline Dictionary. Nunavut Arctic College. ISBN 978-1-896204-29-1.
  2. ^ "Inukshuk". Asuilaak Living Dictionary. Retrieved 2007-02-16.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Ohokak, G.; M. Kadlun; B. Harnum. Inuinnaqtun–English Dictionary. Kitikmeot Heritage Society. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
  4. ^ a b Gray, Charlotte (2004). The Museum Called Canada, 25 Rooms of Wonder. Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0679312208.
  5. ^ "The Inuit Inukshuk". Simon Fraser University. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  6. ^ 28 Ethnobiology Conference Abstracts Archived 2008-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "The Inuit Inukshuk". Archived from the original on 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  8. ^ Hallendy, Norman (8 December 2020). "Inuksuk (Inukshuk)". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada.
  9. ^ "Inuksuk National Historic Site of Canada". Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Parks Canada. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. ^ Inuksuk National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  11. ^ Hallendy, Norman (2009). Tukiliit: An introduction to inuksuit and other stone figures of the North. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre and University of Alaska Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781553654247.
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  13. ^ "Symbols of Nunavut". Government of Nunavut. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
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  15. ^ Fitzhugh, William W. (2017-03-01). "Mongolian Deer Stones, European Menhirs, and Canadian Arctic Inuksuit: Collective Memory and the Function of Northern Monument Traditions". Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 24 (1): 149–187. doi:10.1007/s10816-017-9328-0. ISSN 1072-5369. S2CID 254605923.
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  17. ^ Inukshuk – The Arctic Art & Music Project of ARBOS, Edition Selene, Vienna, 1999. ISBN 3-85266-126-9
  18. ^ Press release from the Government of Canada, Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Google cache copy[permanent dead link].
  19. ^ "Vancouver Olympic emblem comes under fire". CBC News. 27 April 2005.
  20. ^ "Vancouver Olympic Logo: A Smiling Marker Of Death?". NPR News. 18 February 2010.
  21. ^ "Australian Bicentenary | Monument Australia". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  22. ^ Green, Sarah. "Inuit art finds home in Mexico", Toronto Sun, 2 Nov 2007, Retrieved 2007-11-08.
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  24. ^ Dubé, Rebecca (August 15, 2007). "Enough with the inukshuks already". The Globe and Mail. Toronto.
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  26. ^ Adam Carter, "Aboriginal women remembered with 1,181 inukshuks" (sic- inuksuit) Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, CBC News, 5 Nov 2015, posted at Remember Our Sisters website
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  28. ^ "Canada and the International Criminal Court". Archived from the original on 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
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