Ainu people

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/ainu-people

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1. What is the geographic scope?Traditional homeland 'Ainu Mosir' included Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka
2. What is the spiritual system?Animistic belief in 'kamuy' (divine spirits) inhabiting nature
3. What is the Ainu homeland called and where is it located?The Ainu call their homeland "Ainu Mosir," which includes Hokkaido in Japan and parts of Russia such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and a section of Khabarovsk Krai.
4. How do the Ainu people traditionally earn food?They hunt deer and bears, fish for salmon and other sea creatures, and gather wild plants and roots from the forest and rivers.

Indigenous Peoples: Distinct ethnic groups with historical ties to territories occupied before the arrival of colonizers or settlers.
Assimilation Policies: Government-imposed measures designed to absorb minority cultures into the dominant culture, often suppressing distinct traditions.
Animism: The belief that natural objects, phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls or spirits.