C16. Education about Ainu history, culture and discrimination

アイヌ民族に関する教育 This is a website of Sapporo city's government about education about Ainu. The textbook of Ainu and the state of the event about ethnic education. 札幌市, 4 Jun, 2020.

「アイヌ民族の学習」を進めるために This is a report about how Ainu peopleare taught about in elementary and junior high schools and insociety. 西村浩充, Nov, 2012.

The Story of the Ainu And the remains of Japan’s colonial legacy by Amelie Marmenlind The section on 'Ainu in today’s Japan' discusses the lack of knowledge of Ainu amongst many Japanese people, the tendency of museums to show focus on Ainu culture as something of the past, as well as some new initiatives to increase awareness of Ainu culture. Metropolis, May 20, 2021.

In Japan, the Ainu language is largely unknown and unloved, but linguists are fascinated by its mysteries This is an an article and podcast mainly about the Ainu language, but it also talks about the lack of education about Ainu people at school, and the lack of awareness of Ainu people and language in Japan, especially at the start of the article and podcast. PRI The World, 26 May 2016.

Indigenous Ainu group in Japan to appear in 35 textbooks, 6 subjects This article explains the increase in information about Ainu people in school textbooks after the passing of the new Ainu Law. The article suggests that some textbooks focus on Ainu culture while some explain the discrimination the Ainu have experienced, but it is not clear how much the textbooks will make the history of colonization and assimilation clear. Hokkaido Shimbun, 1 April 2020.

Ainu Living in Tokyo - Getting To Know the Indigenous People of Japan by Osamu Hasegawa This article explains the history of the invasion of Hokkaido, and assimilation and dispossession of the Ainu people, and why it is important for Japanese people to understand this history. He argues that "the history that most Japanese learn is only based on the Japanese perspective" and that lack of awareness that "the Japanese government colonized places where the Ainu traditionally lived, and positioned them as an extinct ethnic group" is the result of an intentional effort. Sustainability, 24 Dec 2009

History from Below: Japan’s Junior High School History Textbooks and the colonisation of Hokkaidō by Nocilas Henck, Keio University. A long academic article that looks at how junior high school textbooks explain Ainu history, particularly how the colonization of Hokkaido is described as modernisation and the development and discrimination and expropriation of Ainu people is not described accurately. ejcjs, 30 Aug 2015.