The Penn Museum, in collaboration with the Penn Libraries, recently launched various Ainu-themed programming, including a documentary screening and an ongoing exhibit on Ainu representation in media.

"This electronic presentation documents the exhibition "Ainu: spirit of a northern people". The exhibit was on display at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, April 30, ...

Three skulls from Japan that were given to Edinburgh University in 1913 have been returned to the indigenous community where they originated. The remains of the Ainu people - donated by Scottish ...

Japan's government introduced a bill Friday to recognise the country's ethnic Ainu minority as an "indigenous" people for the first time, after decades of discrimination against the group. Japan's ...

Jewelry makers and an embroiderer are among the craftspeople whose creations reflect the Indigenous people’s heritage. Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Jesse Francis McClendon was born in Lanett, Alabama, in 1880. He studied zoology and invertebate zoology at the University of Texas (BS, 1903 and ...