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The friend nobody likes: But even as an innunguaq, Ilanaaq is generating some cranky reaction, especially among West Coast natives who say the use of an Inuit icon is a slap in the face. "It's kind of like a poke in the eye to first nations people and first nations artists," said Chief Edward John of British Columbia's First Nations Summit, which represents 150 native communities. "Does inukshuk represent Canada?" he asked. "I hardly think so. It represents the North. Put it this way: If there were games in Yellowknife and the logo was West Coast totem poles, do you think they'd be happy up there?" Mr. John said native groups who attended the gala were surprised when the Inuit-inspired emblem was unveiled at Vancouver's GM Place. Yesterday, Mr. John said the group fired off a letter of complaint to the IOC. There were other quibblers. One writer to a Vancouver paper said using the Inuit icon as an Olympic logo gives the impression that Canada is a barren, northern tundra. A caller to a radio show said Ilanaaq resembled the toy figurine Gumby, only with a rocket launcher. "I can't help but notice the remarkable resemblance it has to Pac-Man," Chief Stewart Philip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, said this week.