Ainu: Spirit of a northern people

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

11/18/2008

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction.
1. Modern history.
2. An attempt to bring together what information is available on the Ainu.
The theories on Ainu origins.
The Jomon culture.
1. Entry of the Okhotsk, emigrants of Southern Sakhalin Island.
2. A parallel between the history of the Americas and Ezo.
The history of the Ainu.
1. The presence of the Japanese in Ezo.
2. The Kakizaki clan.
3. The warfare between the Japanese people and the Ainu.
John Thornton's book Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400 - 1800.
The European exploration of the Atlantic.
The Native Americans - according to Frederickson.
Conclusion - The plight of the Ainu.

Abstract

Modern history: that is pretty simple. It is the origins that really trip people up. Perhaps it is the lack of an ancient system of record keeping; perhaps records that existed were destroyed in natural disasters. For all historians know, natural disasters could have wiped out ancient historians just as they were about to sit down to chronicle the events of their time. Regardless, the result is the same: no written chronicle exists dating back to the origins of man (hence the term, prehistoric). To this end, historians have little recourse but to piece together what we can of past events, in the (perhaps futile) attempt to truly find out just who our ancestors really were. This essay is an examination of one such mysterious population: the ainu. Referred to often as Japanese Aborigines, or as Japan's indigenous people, there is a dearth of information on the ainu, the result of which is widespread ignorance of this people, its culture, and its history. Much of the information available is limited only to those well versed in Japanese or frequent museum visitors.