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Map of Traditional Ainu Settlement Areas Shibatani, Masayoshi. The Languages of Japan(1990) 日本語: ...
Ainu society was traditionally organized into small villages called kotan, typically located in river basins or along seashores where food was readily available, particularly in rivers where salmon traveled upstream. In early modern times, Ainu were forced to relocate their kotan near Japanese fishing grounds to provide labor.
Own work, based on "Historical and present distribution of Ainu in Japan and the Russian Federation - W.Dallmann & K.Uzawa, April 2007" map from ANSIPRA: Author: ArnoldPlaton: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Map of Ainu in Hokkaido de.svg
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations.
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The traditional territory of the East Crees is called Eeyou Istchee and Iynu Asci ("Land of the People"). Eeyou or Iyyu is the spelling in northern East Cree, while Iynu in southern East Cree. The traditional territory of the Plains Cree in particular is Paskwāwiýinīnāhk ("In the Land of the Plains Cree"). [226]
Ainu culture is the culture of the Ainu people, from around the 13th century (late Kamakura period) to the present.Today, most Ainu people live a life superficially similar to that of mainstream Japanese people, partly due to cultural assimilation.
Ainu people, an East Asian ethnic group of Japan and the Russian Far East Ainu languages, a family of languages Ainu language of Hokkaido; Kuril Ainu language, extinct language of the Kuril Islands; Sakhalin Ainu language, extinct language from the island of Sakhalin; Ainu music; Ainu cuisine; Ainu (Middle-earth), spirit in J. R. R. Tolkien's ...