Études/Inuit/Studies
Populations et migrations / Populations and Migrations
Volume 26, numéro 2, 2002, p. 133-156
Protecting the authenticity and integrity of inuksuit within the arctic milieu
Scott Heyes
Translation of Inuktitut text: "the piles of rocks in the middle are pointers. The people who own the qamutik had left this message for the next traveller to inform him where they were staying and the direction to take to get there. The pointer has three rocks under it, which implies that it takes three nights to get there. A note is also tied to the top or the pole for further instruction. This is how the inland Inuit used to describe travel directions." Tuumasi Kudluk Collection, D-34, Avataq Cultural Institute, Montreal.
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