Koichi Kaizawa (koych keye-zah-wah)
culture preservationist
IMAGE SOURCE: Patrick Cox. “The World.” PRI.org. | TEXT SOURCE: "Inheriting Ainu Ethnicity" in Circumpolar Ethnicity and Identity. National Museum of Ethnology. 2004.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “We also want young Ainu people who have not yet been born to have pride in their ethnicity and we want them to learn how to co-exist with other Japanese people.”
QUOTE QUESTION: What rights do your People need to preserve?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Ainu activist Koichi Kaizawa and his wife Miwako outside their home in Nibutani, Japan.”
IMAGE QUESTION: With whom do you stand to assert the human rights of your People?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from an academic publication. The photo is from an international radio podcast website.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What are the preferred media channels for sharing the experience of your People?
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