The Air Self-Defense Force is facing pressure to jettison its new aircraft logo amid criticisms from Ainu people indigenous to Hokkaido that it appropriates their culture. One Ainu group is ...

which stated the Ainu are an indigenous people. The report defined indigenous peoples as ethnic groups that have continued to reside with a culture and identity that is different from the ethnic ...

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Although J.R.R. Tolkien decided against continuing with the sequel to The Lord of the Rings, it might have been setting up ...

While there is a perfectly logical scientific explanation for this algae, I like the Ainu story better– the land god wanted ...

The Colville are among the Five Claimant Tribes, all from the interior Northwest Plateau Culture, that for the past 19 years ... and is more closely related to the Ainu of northern Japan. Arguments ...

The home of the animist Ainu offers surreal experiences.

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Performing key rituals during this time can align one’s inner self with cosmic energies and invite divine blessings. Use a copper or earthen pot filled with Gangajal (holy water). Place mango ...

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Hosted by Natives at Penn and the Greenfield Intercultural Center, the Penn Powwow is a tradition that aims to celebrate ...