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Most of the 888 Japanese people living in Russia (2010 Census) are of mixed Japanese–Ainu ancestry, although they do not acknowledge it (full Japanese ancestry gives them the right of visa-free entry to Japan [186]). Similarly, no one identifies themselves as Amur Valley Ainu, although people of partial descent live in Khabarovsk.
The statistics also do not take into account minority groups who are Japanese citizens such as the Ainu (an aboriginal people primarily living in Hokkaido), the Ryukyuans (from the Ryukyu Islands south of mainland Japan), naturalized citizens from backgrounds including but not limited to Korean and Chinese, and citizen descendants of immigrants ...
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Ainu culture refers to the traditions of the Ainu people, dating back to 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.
The Innu / Ilnu ("man", "person") or Innut / Innuat / Ilnuatsh ("people"), formerly called Montagnais from the French colonial period (French for "mountain people", English pronunciation: / ˌ m ɔː n t ə n ˈ j ɛ /), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit the territory in the northeastern portion of the region of Labrador in the present-day province of Newfoundland and Labrador and some ...
The Ainu languages (/ ˈ aɪ n uː / EYE-noo), [1] sometimes known as Ainuic, are a small language family, often regarded as a language isolate, historically spoken by the Ainu people of northern Japan and neighboring islands, as well as mainland, including previously southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula.
Verreault had previously lived and worked with the Innu community and produced short films about the Innu communities on the North Shore. [7] The two agreed to make a film adaptation together, [6] and co-wrote the film's script together. [8] The original novel is a collection of stories based on Fontaine's experiences growing up in Uashat. [9]
Note There is an inherent ambiguity to "Innu people" as demonstrated by Category:Innu people, which is for "people who are Innu". Skookum1 ( talk ) 05:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC) [ reply ] Light Support The only real competing article is Innu language and it receives approximately a quarter the hits of the article about the people. [1]