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Ainu-English Word List  - http://www.CoastalFog.net/languages/ainuenglish.html  List of common Ainu words and their English translations.  Ainu Articles  - http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/ainu.html  From the Alaska Native Knowledge Network. Links.  Toward a Genuine Redress for an Unjust Past: The Nibutani Dam Case  - http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v4n2/sonoha42.html  Analysis of a case involving the right of the Ainu to be considered an indigenous people, and to enjoy the legal protection of their culture.  The Ainu Museum  - http://www.ainu-museum.or.jp/english/english.html  Presents collections of cultural artifacts, performances of traditional dances and ceremonies, and demonstrations of folk arts.  The Samurai and the Ainu  - http://www.science-frontiers.com/sf065/sf065a01.htm  Brief discussion of racial differences from Science Frontiers October 1989.  The Ainu of Japan  - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/fourth_world/22057  Suite 101 Article by Andy Thompson.  Ainu Language and Japan's Ancient History  - http://www.dai3gen.net/epage0.htm  Provides a series of documents on the language of this indigenous people as well as the culture of the Jomon period.  Literatures and Materials of Ainu Language: For Learners  - http://jinbunweb.sgu.ac.jp/~ainu/biblio/european.html  Provides database of materials related to the Ainu Language and culture, including literature, video, audio, and weblinks.  NOVA Online - Island of the Spirits  - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hokkaido/  Companion web site to the NOVA program which explores the Ainu people.  Ainu - Spirit of a Northern People  - http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/ainu/  Online exhibition of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exploring the ancient origin of the Ainu, their relations with the Japanese, and the Ainu cultural rebirth.  The Ainu Language  - http://ramat.ram.ne.jp/ainu/  Basic sentences and numerals in Ainu, with corresponding downloadable sound files and English equivalents. Bilingual site (Japanese and English). Also, some sociolinguistic information on the language.  John Bachelor  - http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~matu-emk/bachel.html  Life story of John Batchelor (1854-1944), an English missionary who became the first westerner to learn the Ainu language, record its grammar in English, and make the Ainu known to the western world.  Traditional Ainu Fishing Techniques  - http://www.voicenet.co.jp/~jeanphi/ngo/indigenous/ainu/ainu.htm  Article and photos by Jean-Philippe Soulé.