“All things sent from the heavens always have a role to play.”

AinuAinu - PE

May 10

Hideo Akibe (hee-day-yoh ah-kee-bay)

director Ainu Industrial Arts Association

IMAGE SOURCE: “The Ainu People.” Blog post. nataliayukimiku.blogspot.com. 14 Jul. 2017. | TEXT SOURCE: ”Modern Thoughts of the Ainu People.” Akan Ainu Cultural Heritage. Akanko Hot Springs Ainu Cultural Promotion Executive Committee. 2013.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “Biodiversity for the Ainu people – who use and utilize natural resources fully – is recognizing the circumstances of wildlife and plant life and being thankful for their substance, while also being reasonable and sustainable.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What role do you have to play as a messenger from the heavens?

IMAGE CONTEXT: “Japanese nationalism was harmful to the Ainu culture. The government prohibited the Ainu from speaking their language, wearing their tattoos, practicing their customs, their traditional clothing and their subsistence methods: hunting and fishing.”

IMAGE QUESTION: What clothing most honors the traditions of your People?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from a brochure from a tourist business. The photo is from a personal blog post.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide which organizations and individuals should represent your People in media publications?

“All things sent from the heavens always have a role to play.”

Hideo Akibe (hee-day-yoh ah-kee-bay)

“All that you do is not only your will but the will of your ancestors.”

“We need some sort of ‘gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous societies… a time of exclusion to allow communities to consolidate their heritages.”