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  2. Inuksuk - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Kiakshuk - Wikipedia

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    Kiakshuk (1886 – May 3, 1966) was a Canadian Inuk artist who worked both in sculpture and printmaking. [1] Kiakshuk began printmaking in his seventies and, is most commonly praised for creating “real Eskimo pictures” that relate traditional Inuit life and mythology.

  4. David Ruben Piqtoukun - Wikipedia

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    The Winnipeg Art Gallery also organized Out of Tradition: Abraham Anghik / David Ruben Piqtoukun: a retrospective exhibition, curated by Darlene Wight. In 2023, Wanda Nanibush , Curator of Indigenous Art for the Art Gallery of Ontario celebrated his work with more than 60 of his sculptures which focused on his material inventiveness and ...

  5. Kananginak Pootoogook - Wikipedia

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    The inukshuk at Rideau Hall created by artist Kananginak Pootoogook for former Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, for National Aboriginal Day, unveiled on 21 June 1997. The World Wildlife Fund released a limited edition set in 1977 that included four of Pootoogook's images and in 1980 he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts .

  6. Celina Kalluk - Wikipedia

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    Celina Kalluk is a Canadian Inuk artist. She creates and performs in several mediums, notably the tradition of Inuit throat singing.In addition to her work as a musician, Kalluk has also worked as an actress, educator, and a children's author, publishing her debut work in 2014.

  7. Coat of arms of Nunavut - Wikipedia

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    Below are a qulliq, a stone lamp representing the warmth of home and community, and an inukshuk (inukhuk, inuksuk), a stone monument serving as a guidepost and a symbol of the territory. The crest, an igloo (iglu), represents traditional life, survival, and the Nunavut government assembled in the legislature.

  8. Heather Carroll - Wikipedia

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    Born in Manchester, England, UK in 1956 to Canadian and Scottish parents, Heather Carroll is a Kablunangajuk [2] of Inuit, Innu, Scottish, and other European origin. In 1977, she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Toronto. [2]

  9. Pitseolak Ashoona - Wikipedia

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    Pitseolak Ashoona was one of the first artists in the 1960s to make drawings for the print studio in Cape Dorset. She was a self-taught artist, who worked out solutions to artistic problems through what Lalonde described as "a self directed-program of repetitious drawing".