Why is the Inuit inukshuk the symbol for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics? Vancouver is far away from the Arctic.?

November 9, 2009 Posted by Larry Welks

Why not have a palm tree as the symbol for the Olympics if they ever come to Minneapolis. It’s in the same country as Miami.

It’s because the native tribes that lived in British Columbia are strongly related to those that live in the arctic, and they did also creat inukshiks.

Inukshuks were actually created and exist on Canada’s pacific coast, whereas Palm Trees do not grow in Minneapolis. That is the difference

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One Response to Why is the Inuit inukshuk the symbol for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics? Vancouver is far away from the Arctic.?

  1. Be Strong says:
    November 9, 2009 at 2:18 pm

    It’s because the native tribes that lived in British Columbia are strongly related to those that live in the arctic, and they did also creat inukshiks.

    Inukshuks were actually created and exist on Canada’s pacific coast, whereas Palm Trees do not grow in Minneapolis. That is the difference
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