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Ainu Articles
From the Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Links.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/ainu.html
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Toward a Genuine Redress for an Unjust Past: The Nibutani Dam Case
Analysis of a case involving the right of the Ainu to be considered an indigenous people, and to enjoy the legal protection of their culture.
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v4n2/sonoha42.html
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The Ainu Museum
Presents collections of cultural artifacts, performances of traditional dances and ceremonies, and demonstrations of folk arts.
http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html
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The Samurai and the Ainu
Brief discussion of racial differences from Science Frontiers October 1989.
http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf065/sf065a01.htm
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The Ainu of Japan
Suite 101 Article by Andy Thompson.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fourth_world/22057
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Ainu Language and Japan's Ancient History
Provides a series of documents on the language of this indigenous people as well as the culture of the Jomon period.
http://www.dai3gen.net/epage0.htm
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Literatures and Materials of Ainu Language: For Learners
Provides database of materials related to the Ainu Language and culture, including literature, video, audio, and weblinks.
http://jinbunweb.sgu.ac.jp/~ainu/biblio/european.html
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NOVA Online - Island of the Spirits
Companion web site to the NOVA program which explores the Ainu people.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hokkaido/
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Ainu - Spirit of a Northern People
Online exhibition of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exploring the ancient origin of the Ainu, their relations with the Japanese, and the Ainu cultural rebirth.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/ainu/
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John Bachelor
Life story of John Batchelor (1854-1944), an English missionary who became the first westerner to learn the Ainu language, record its grammar in English, and make the Ainu known to the western world.
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~matu-emk/bachel.html
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