Nibutani Ainu Museum

Hokkaido Museum（Main Exhibition 2: The Culture and Recent History of the Ainu)

The Big Root S1E7 Human People

This episode is supported by JapanCulture•NYC, the English-language website about all things Japanese in New York City.

Naomi Mizoguchi is a documentary filmmaker and the founder of GARA FILMS whose work focuses on preserving indigenous cultures. Her latest Japanese-language film Ainu | Hito (or English title Ainu – Indigenous People of Japan) follows four elders of an Ainu community in the town of Biratori, which is located in Hidaka Subprefecture in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Since she moved to New York in 2004, Naomi has been involved with Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), a nonprofit media company based in Civic Center, Manhattan. Established in Chinatown in 1972 and moved to an abandoned firehouse in 1978, DCTV functions as a resource of the community, renting film equipment and hosting video workshops, and as an independent film production company, producing popular documentaries and garnering countless accolades. Before he talks to Naomi about her film, Toshiki speaks with Keiko Tsuno. Originally a conceptual artist with a black-and-white camera, she and her husband Jon Alpert founded DCTV to give voices to underrepresented communities and to highlight important social issues. Keiko describes why her documentary Healthcare: Your Money or Your Life has been important in her career of over four decades and how she espouses the Japanese principle of wa (“harmony”) in her leadership of DCTV.

The word “Ainu” means “human” in their native language, and with an estimated population of 20,000 Ainu living in Hokkaido, they were officially recognized as an indigenous group by the Japanese government in April 2019. Naomi explains how important the Ainu politician Shigeru Kayano was for the Ainu ethnic movement and shares the story of one of the subjects of Ainu | Hito, Kazunobu Kawanano. Kazunobu-san invited Naomi to stay with him in Biratori when she first visited in 2008, and a museum curator asked her to create a film about Biratori in 2015. In the spirit of community media, Naomi created this documentary on the sole condition that the Biratori community get involved with its production and dissemination, and the film was produced in collaboration with Nibutani Ainu Cultural Museum. The world premiere of Ainu | Hito was held in Biratori in June 2018, and it has since screened in major cities in Japan. She recently translated the film to English and will be screening it for American audiences. A native of Hyogo Prefecture, Naomi is a wajin (or mainland Japanese person), but also involved in Okinawan musical activities, she embodies the resilience of traditional cultures of Japan. This episode celebrating the power of video to give voices to indigenous peoples airs on the United Nations International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.

Feudal Japanese Society: Ainu

The Ainu were an isolated civilization up in northern Japan. They were very dependent on nature and believed that all animals were sacred. A lot of times the southern Japanese culture tried to control them because they were off by themselves. They also depended on trees for weapons, houses, and clothing.

Produced by 7th grade social studies class at EMS

(Original upload date May 27, 2014)

Ainu: 1% of ethnic groups in Japan by Narita KOKI

立命館大学生命科学部・薬学部で2016年度開講の授業「Junior Project 2」（JP2）で受講学生が制作した動画です。

現代を生きるアイヌ民族を伝える～映像作家・溝口尚美さん

現代を生きるアイヌ民族を伝えようと、北海道平取町で暮らす4人の古老を記録したドキュメンタリー映画「Ainu｜ひと」。監督したのは、ニューヨーク在住の映像作家・溝口尚美さん。平取町で暮らすアイヌ民族の人々や、二風谷アイヌ文化博物館の協力のもと、制作過程でも意見交換しながら地域との協働で完成させた。

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New York based filmmaker Naomi Mizoguchi released the documentary film Ainu Hito focusing on 4 Ainu elders in the town of Biratori in Hokkaido. The film captures the history and culture of the Ainu community as well as every day scenes of modern life. Working closely with the residents and Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum, she put weight on bringing these local voices to the screen.

Dir. Mizoguchi was one of the co-founders of a non-profit organization that engages with indigenous communities in Colombia, Ecuador and Nepal to support filmmaking and empower them to preserve their own languages and cultures through the medium of film. When asked about indigenous people in Japan, she realized she only had a limited knowledge of their lives and experiences. She first visited the town of Biratori in 2008 and started the filmmaking project in 2015. She's spent 3 years, staying periodically with one of the elders while in Biratori to complete the film in 2018.

For the first time in Japanese history, a bill to legally recognize the Ainu as the indigenous people of Japan is about to be passed. With heightened interest in their cultural heritage, she hopes to convey the contemporary life and culture of the Ainu through her film.

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#5 GWどこ行く？ konkane toikir ＜アイヌ語日常会話＞ (Ainu language class5)

イランカラプテ！

しとチャンネルです。
今回も、アイヌ語、アイヌ文化を一緒に学んで行きましょう！



毎週水曜日、土曜日の１８時頃に動画をのせる予定です！
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＝アイヌ民族博物館アイヌ語アーカイブ＝


＝平取町立二風谷アイヌ文化博物館　アイヌ語・アイヌ口承文芸＝




＊今日の会話文〜GWどこ行く？〜＊


「ゴールデンウィークどこか行かない？」
‘konkane toikir hunak ta ka paye=an ciki mak ne ruwe an?’


『どこか行きたいとこある？』
“hunak ta ka e=arpa rusuy usi an ya?”


「うーん…… 鎌倉とか。」
‘umm... Kamakura hene’


『いいよ。何日にする？』
“pirka wa. inan to paye=an ruwe?”


「５日」
‘5(asIkne) to’


『了解。予定帳に書いとく。』
“k=eraman wa. ku=kor kampi or ta ku=nuye kusu ne”



＊単語＊
◯konkane ：金
◯toikir：週（造語　 to:日　ikir:列、集まり）
◯hunak：どこ
◯ta：〜に、〜で
◯ka：か
◯paye：＜複＞行く
◯=an：私たち（が、は、の）
◯ciki：〜したら
◯mak：どう
◯ne：〜である
◯ruwe an：〜なの？〜かい？
◯e=：あなた（が、は、の）
◯arpa：＜単＞行く
◯rusuy：〜したい
◯usi：〜するところ
◯an：ある
◯ya：〜か？
◯hene：とか、〜でも
◯pirka wa：いいね
◯inan：どの
◯to：日
◯ruwe：〜の？
◯asikne：5つの
◯k(u)=：私（が、は、の）
◯eraman：〜を覚える、〜がわかる
◯wa：〜よ
◯kor：〜を持つ、所有する
※◯kampi：紙、ノート、本
◯or ta：〜に
※◯nuye：〜を書く
◯kusu ne：〜するよ、〜だよ


＝アイヌ語沙流方言＝


＊出典＊
＜萱野茂のアイヌ語辞典（萱野茂）＞
＜アイヌ語沙流方言辞典（田村すず子）＞
＜アイヌ語千歳方言辞典（中川裕）＞


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アイヌの人々：日本の先住民族

8月9日は #世界の先住民の国際デー ！
2017年は #先住民族の権利に関する国際連合宣言 （ ）10周年！

日本の先住民族であるアイヌの人々は、かつて政府による同化政策によって消滅の危機に瀕していました。しかし今日、多くの人々がアイヌの文化を守る活動に取り組んでいます。

取材にご協力いただいたアイヌ民族博物館、 阿部 一司さん（北海道アイヌ協会 副理事長）、関根 真紀さん（アイヌ工芸家）、Minaさん（IMERUAT）、平取町のみなさん、ありがとうございました。

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北海道アイヌ協会
二風谷アイヌ匠の道
IMERUAT
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