Student+Research+Notes+Inuksuk

·  The Caribou were the most important land animal to the Inuit. ·  The Inuksuit were used to frighten the Caribou. ·  The Inuksuit did the work of humans even though they were made with stone. ·  There are three different types of rock the Inuksuit, round stone, called boulders. ·  There is flat thin stone. ·  There chunks of broken rock. ·  Most of the Inuksuit in the arctic is made from broken rock because they are easier to balance. ·  You can tell if an Inuksuk is old if you see it is covered in lichens.

Inuksuk notes
 * Apirsuqti – inquisitive one
 * Cape Dorset
 * Ancestors lived for 4,000 years
 * Inuit means “human being”
 * Everything was from nature
 * Nothing was wasted, everything was from nature
 * They hunted all year round
 * Traveled long distances
 * Inuksuk means “thing that can act in place of human being
 * The inuksuit saved lives
 * Very important
 * 5 reasons why
 * show travelers where they were
 * warn of very dangerous places
 * show where food was stored
 * show where significant things happened, so people will show respect
 * show good places to hunt caribou

Our notes Inukshuks have a lot of different types of names These are all the notes we had time to take Their names are like "characteristics" of what they are marking The most important of all the Inuksuit is called Nangiarautimak Quajimalitaq Nangiarautimak Quajimalitaq marks danger A lot of them look like people People mistake some Inuksuits for real people in the distance Inunnguags look like people They're all different shapes and sizes of Inuksuits Some Inuksuits mean... -To tell people that people lives there before -To show respect for someone that has passed - To show someones thanks for living in such beautiful place

Old inuksuit treated with respect, a reminder of the elders Guide you to get out of strange place Warn you of danger A gift from the past, seeing thoughts of another person Inuit had no written language Inuksuit have many different names Names reflect distince purposes so people know what they are saying