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The Ainu are a group of people in northern Japan who used to earn their living mainly by combining hunting, fishing, and plant gathering. Their traditional homeland was the northwest coast of southern Sakhalin Island, a region historically contested by Russia and Japan.  At the end of World War II, this land became part of the USSR and the Japanese government relocated many Ainu families to the nearby Hokkaido. Over the years since then, the Ainu as a distinct group have almost disappeared.

Ainu life and lore

The Ainos of Yezo Japan

Ainu creed and cult

Culture summary

The Ainu of the northwest coast of southern Sakhalin

Illness and healing among the Sakhalin Ainu

Pregnancy, birth and miscarriage among the inhabitants of Sakhalin Island (Gilyak and Ainu)

Kinship organization of the Saru Ainu

The Ainu of northern Japan

The Ainu

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Batchelor, John	Ainu life and lore	1927
Hitchcock, Romyn	The Ainos of Yezo Japan	1891
Munro, Neil Gordon	Ainu creed and cult	1963
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko	Culture summary	2009
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko	The Ainu of the northwest coast of southern Sakhalin	1984
Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko	Illness and healing among the Sakhalin Ainu	1981
Piłsudski, Bronisław	Pregnancy, birth and miscarriage among the inhabitants of Sakhalin Island (Gilyak and Ainu)	1910
Sugiura, Ken ichi	Kinship organization of the Saru Ainu	1962
Takakura, Shin’ichirō	The Ainu of northern Japan	1960
Watanabe, Hitoshi	The Ainu	1964

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