Tukiliit
The Stone People Who Live in the Wind
Distributed for University of Alaska Press
For centuries, Inuit and their ancestors have been building beautiful rock structures known as inuksuit across the Arctic and sub-Arctic. But such monuments are not limited to the Inuit culture, and in fact tukiliit —the Inuktitut term for all meaningful stone objects—are found all over the world. Tukiliit ventures to Iceland, India, the Faroe Islands, and the Utah desert to document a range of inuksuk-like figures. It features ninety stunning images of these unique objects, both ancient and contemporary, alongside Norman Hallendy’s thoughtful insights into what inuksuit are, why the Inuit build them, and what they can tell us about life and death in the Far North.
Foreword
innunguaq
The Likeness of a Person
sakkabluniit
Stone Objects Imbued with Power
inuksuk upigijaugialik
An Inksuk That Must Be Venerated
inuksuk
That Which Acts in the Capacity of a Human
taipkua atingit
Their Names
sanammanga
The Shape of Things
tukisianiq nunamik
The Language of the Land
ananauvok
It Is Beauty
Brief Text in Inuktitut, French, Spanish, German and Japanese
Acknowledgements
Further Reading
About the Author
Sociology: General Sociology
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