Land of Elms: The History, Culture, and Present Day Situation of the Ainu People 1551340925, 9781551340920

Table of contents :
Contents
1 In Complete Freedo
2 Faith and Culture
Kamuy and Ainu
The Day of I-oman-te
A World of Oral Tradition
I-Kar-Kar (embroidery)
Inuye (Handcrafts and Carving)
3 The Structure of Ainu Society
Kotan
loru
The Role of Casi
Different Kinds of Communities
Trade and Contact with Others
4 Invaders from the South
The Southern Trade Route
Ezo
First Settlers
Kosamaynu’s Revolt
The Emergence of the Kakizakis
5 Samkusayuu's War of Independence
The Establishment of the Matsumae Feudal Domain
Designated Trading Posts
Samkusaynu’s Revolt
6 Slave Labour
The Strengthening of Japanese Rule
The Coming of the Omi Traders
The Revolt of Kunashiri and Menashi
Policies Directed Towards the Ainu People During the Last Days of the Tokugawa Shogunate
7 The Storm of Development
The Logic of Colonization in the Imperial State
Former Aborigines Become the Emperor’s Subjects
Expropriation of the Land
Poverty Increases in the Kotans
Land Allowances and Farming
8 The Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act
Hokkaido Former Aborigines Protection Act
Bylaws
Dojin Gakko—Education for Assimilation
The Substance of the Protection Act
9 Three Cases of Forced Relocation
The Sakhalin Ainu—Caught in the Middle
The Mocking of the Migrants
Suffering in Tsuishikari
Ainu from the Northern Kurils—Forced to Choose
Nu-Pemoshir—Island of Tears
The Niikappu Ainu—Wolves and the Emperor’s Ranch
Relocation to Anesaru and Nukibetsu
10 Resisting Oppression and Discrimination
“Give Us Back Our Land”
The Work of the Ainu Association
The Anger of Chiri Mashiho
The Resistance Literature of Hatozawa Samio
11 The Present Day Struggle to Recover Rights
The Hundredth Anniversary of Colonization and the Beginning of a New Struggle
The Land Cries Out—The Nibutani Dam Issue
The Pride and Rights of a People— The Proposed New Ainu Act
12 Personal Experiencee
Deep in Fog
Chikap Mieko and the Portrait Rights Court Case
Toma Kazumi—A Proud Ainu
The Log Church and Kaizawa Teruichi
Afterword
Notes
Japanese and Ainu Pronunciation
Japanese Terms and Historical References

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