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  Japanese people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
) are the people having identity as a Japanese.
Domestic Japanese people primarily use Japanese, and their literacy rate is 01% according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
The Japanese people's concern towards religion is mostly related to mythology, traditions, and neighborhood activities rather than the source of morality or the guideline for one's life, for which sometimes Confucianism, or even Taoism, tends to serve as the basis for the moral code.
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 siberian indigenous people social studies
__ "There were three main ethnic groups in Sakhalin - the Nivkh people, mainly in the north of the island, Orok, in the central area, and Ainu, in the south.
__ "The Indigenous peoples of Siberia have a rich oral history and tradition due to the fact that, until very recently, they were a people without written language." That line begins an essay on the subject.
"Peoples living in the tundra and taiga belts get a sense of orientation with the help of various natural objects, such as the Sun, Moon, stars, wind, rivers, trees, and many others." Click-to-view images.
www.archaeolink.com /siberian_indigenous_people_socia.htm   (662 words)

  
 Ancient Pottery of the North Pacific Rim & Beyond
people, starting about 4,000 years ago, had toggle harpoons but no evidence of pottery or stone blubber lamps is found.
Again, the Dorset people were known for remarkable carvings of ivory and for toggle harpoons but not for use of pottery.
Thus, while the Dorset peoples to the east are not using pottery, the new technology is beginning to arrive.
www.workingdogweb.com /Pottery.htm   (2787 words)

  
 Adherents.com
In 1986 the total number of people in Hokkaido identifying themselves as Ainu was 24,381.
Ainu culture is different from Japanese, but there have been many cross-influences in the long course of Japanese-Ainu relations...
The best-known Ainu festival is the iyomante or kuma matsuri (bear sacrifice festival).
www.adherents.com /Na/Na_16.html   (3253 words)

  
 Russia HQ : Russia Geography
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 Japan HQ : Japan Geography
Illustrated descriptions and explanations of earthquakes, plate tectonics, glaciersand glacial landforms, and volcanoes and volcanic deposits, intended for...
Very basic information on the land, its people, history and government.
Overview of Bhutan's economy, geography, government, transportation, communicationsand people.
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 NMNH AnthroNotes Fall 1997
Some believe that Native Peoples originated in this land and that their ancestors did not cross the Bering Strait; therefore, any skeletons found must be directly related to indigenous Native Peoples and must be returned.
Investigating these areas may help solve other mysteries, such as the puzzle of the origin of the Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan, who are considered perhaps the oldest population of that region with features resembling those of caucasoids--more body hair, less facial flatness.
For example, anthropologists have noted that Americans may accept that people brought up in Samoa have a different history, culture and world view than people in Australia, but they generally are much less aware of the equally dramatic cultural differences and history of isolation among racial groups in the United States.
www.nmnh.si.edu /anthro/outreach/anthnote/fall97/anthnote.htm   (9432 words)

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