A member of the

indigenous Inuit people of Canada will speak in the Great Hall of

the Memorial Union at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Peter Irniq, a

native and longtime resident of Canada’s northwestern regions of

Kivalliq, will speak about the Inuit culture and its historically

renowned traditions.

The Inuit are a

native people of the Arctic regions of Canada.

Irniq, who has

served as the executive director of the Inuit Cultural Institute,

will speak about the traditional building of Inuksuits, or

“signposts” the Canadian aboriginals have used to guide them in

their mobility and hunting.

He also will be

demonstrating how the signposts are built throughout local Ames

parks now through Oct. 1.

The lecture is

co-sponsored by the City of Ames and ISU programs such as the

American Indian studies and anthropology programs.