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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.
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About the Author
Norman Hallendy has dedicated himself to unravelling the mysteries of Inuksuit and Inuit sacred sites with outstanding passion or more than forty years. He lives outside Carp, Ontario.
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.With his new book Tukiliit, Norman Hallendy gives the world both a beautiful love letter about Canada's north and a better understanding of the stone figures the Inuit have been building there for centuries.. (Canadian Newsblog 2009-04-14)
.With vivid pictures of the tukiliit and stunning geography, Hallendy explores the meaning behind the various mysterious stone figures, including inuksuit, niungvaliruk, and tunillarvik.. (Ottawa Citizen 2009-05-16)
.Tukiliit: The Stone People Who Live in the Wind...is a photo essay on the subject of the mysterious stone figures of the North. During [Hallendy's] life's work as a senior civil servant, he travelled everywhere in the Arctic, exploring the land while forming public policy aimed at improving conditions for the Inuit. His richly evocative photographs are matched by his careful and scholarly research.. (Times Colonist 2010-02-14)
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- PublisherUniversity of Alaska Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1602230579
- ISBN 13 9781602230576
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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