Ainu people

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:autonym Indigenous people
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:oral_tradition
folk
wood
bear worship
gptkbp:exonym gptkb:Ezo
gptkbp:historicalDiscrimination gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Ainu_language
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ainu_language
gptkbp:legalRecognitionYear 2008 (Japan)
gptkbp:locale gptkb:Russian
Japanese
gptkbp:minorityStatus gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:nativeTo gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:notableFestival gptkb:Iyomante
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Shigeru_Kayano
gptkb:Giichi_Nomura
gptkb:Utasinai_Kura
gptkbp:policy gptkb:Ainu_Promotion_Act_(2019)
gptkbp:population approximately 25,000 (Japan, 2020s)
gptkbp:recognizedAsIndigenous gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup gptkb:Japanese_people
gptkb:Orok
gptkb:Nivkh
gptkbp:tradition gptkb:Ainu_religion
gptkb:bear_sending_ceremony
gptkb:kamuy_(spirit_beings)
mythology
gptkbp:traditionalAnimal gptkb:deer
gptkb:fish
blakiston's fish owl
gptkbp:traditionalCraft ikupasuy (prayer sticks)
inau (wooden ritual objects)
gptkbp:traditionalDress attus
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling chise
gptkbp:traditionalEconomy gptkb:hunting
gptkb:gathering
fishing
small-scale agriculture
gptkbp:traditionalFood ohaw
rataskep
gptkbp:traditionalMusic gptkb:mukkuri
gptkb:tonkori
gptkbp:traditionalTattooing women's mouth and hand tattoos
gptkbp:traditionalTerritory gptkb:Hokkaido
gptkb:Kuril_Islands
gptkb:Sakhalin
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Ainu language critically endangered
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shinto
gptkb:Japanese_folklore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4