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Western Abenaki Language and the Saint Lol River

Western Abenaki Language and the Saint Lol River

[ 0 ] December 16, 2013 |

A “people of the dawnlands” (where the sun rises), who speak something called Abenaki, shave distinct portions of their heads, resort to fishing and were confronted with European colonialism resembles a culture from feudal Japan. Instead, they are an Indian tribe native to southern Quebec, Maine, and Vermont around the Saint Laurence river. Historically they […]

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Japan’s Endangered Ainu Language

Japan’s Endangered Ainu Language

[ 0 ] November 15, 2013 |

Archipelagos reserve interesting anthropological surprises. One such surprise is the existence of a distinct minority group living in Japan, a society known for its hegemony. They are called Ainu, number around 15,000 and occupy, for the most part, Hokkaido, a northern island whose luminous plains cut by volcanic mountains becomes a shadowed white wilderness when […]

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