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AINU	Africa Initiative for the Needy Uganda (aid group; Uganda)

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The Japanese government officially recognised the Ainu as part of its population back in 2008.

Go ice fishing and cook your catches tempura-style in Japan

The Japanese government officially recognized the Ainu as part of its population back in 2008.

GO ICE FISHING-AND COOK YOUR CATCH TEMPURA-STYLE

Ainu artisans are displaying various items made from tree bark including woven bracelets and place mats.

Taiwan-Japan indigenous handicraft show kicks off in New Taipei

Located in Eastern Hokkaido, it includes a shopping district of more than 30 restaurants and souvenir shops selling Ainu handicrafts.

How not to freeze in Hokkaido

The artifact mounting is also from Ainu and included the work of Augustin and Louis-Albin de Chavagnac.

A trip down memory lane

In "The Lost Continent of Pan: The Oceanic Civilization at the Origin of World Culture" she reveals the Pacific Ur-culture that seeded the ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, India, Mexico, and Peru; shows how the Pan diaspora explains the similarities between Gobekli Tepe and Toltec carvings and stone towers in Japan and on Easter Island; reveals the mother tongue of Pan hidden in shared word roots in vastly different languages, including Quechua, Sanskrit, Japanese, Greek, and Sumerian; and explains the red-haired Caucasian mummies of China, the Ainu of Japan, the presence of "white" humans in early Native American legend, and other light-skinned peoples found in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

The Lost Continent of Pan

Martinez shows how the Pan diaspora explains the similarities between Gobekli Tepe and Toltec carvings and stone towers in Japan and on Easter Island; reveals the mother tongue of Pan hidden in shared word roots in vastly different languages, including Quechua, Sanskrit, Japanese, Greek, and Sumerian; and explains the red-haired Caucasian mummies of China, the Ainu of Japan, the presence of "white" humans in early Native American legend, and other light-skinned peoples found in Southeast Asia and the Middle East

The Lost Continent of Pan

Assim, a nocao de ancestralidade que se perde na origem de tempos imemoriais, aliada a crenca de uma homogeneidade etnica (nao reconhecendo diferencas na nacao para alem dos Ainu e da populacao da atual Okinawa), traria, frente aos remanescentes pre-historicos, o questionamento de como e em que medida estes se encaixam nesse discurso.

Heaps of shells: situating artificial mounds of shells in Brazilian and Japanese prehistorical studies/ Conchas aos montes: situando os montes artificiais de conchas nos estudos da pre-historia brasileira e japonesa

And she's also making friends, whether it's birdwatchers, Army sergeants or native Ainu people.

Japan is just ab fab; today's tv With Sara Wallis

The company's digital content is a major drive for Ainu TV, a digital distribution network.

Wilshire Productions Announces New Documentary Series Taking Viewers Exclusively Inside the Lives of Unsung Athletes Competing in the Olympic Games

Part of the controversy surrounding Kennewick Man's possible connection to modern Native Americans concerns previous reports that his skull looks much like those of native Polynesians and a native Japanese group called the Ainu. Anthropologists on Rasmussen's team found the same pattern but argue that, due to large individual differences in skeletal traits within a single population, no conclusions can be drawn about Kennewick Man's heritage from one skull.

DNA resolves Kennewick Man debate: ancient skeleton closely related to modern Native Americans

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