Learning from Asli for Ainu rights The Orang Asli village of Penderas in Kuala Krau, Pahang recently received visitors from Japan. They came on a study tour to learn how Malaysian NGOs organise communities to present to and even challenge the government on issues concerning them. Kini TV, 1 Mar 2014.
Ainu musician Oki brings the world to Hokkaido An interview with Oki, a musician with a Japanese mother and an Ainu father, whose band, the Oki Dub Ainu Band, mix Ainu music with reggae, dub and other world musics. Japan Times, Aug. 28, 2008.
Ainu Maori Exchange Help indigenous Ainu youth get to New Zealand for an exchange with Maori to study methods for cultural survival. Indiegogo.
Ainu-Maori Cultural Exchange project (Organized by Shimada Akemi san) – from 'Ready For' (Cloud funding service)
Ainu ‘rebels’ mix it up to get message across "Mina Sakai wanted to improve the status of her people and their self-esteem in a way that would also entertain ordinary people...She performs traditional Ainu dances and music mixed with rock and hip-hop." Japan Times, 22 Nov, 2007.
Ainu Pride Productions An organisation run by a non-Ainu person, W. Lonnie Ding-Everson, with close Ainu connections, that aims to connect Ainu people with the wider non-Japanese. world. See also the Ainu Pride blog and Ainu Pride Facebook page.